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Product Announcements ture a video of each test and attach it to bug reports. Testuff drastically reduces the time testers spend explaining the bugs to developers and helps developers quickly reproduce and eradicate elusive bugs. • Doesn’t require an IT department to install and maintain. Testuff is an on-demand service with a desktop client application and a secure Web-based backend. It saves you both time and money, which can be better spent on improving your software. • Integrates with many bug trackers and can automatically generate bug reports in your bug tracker. All reports include a link to the video recording of the test and a lot of additional useful information for reproducing and correcting bugs. • Gives you peace of mind by storing your test data on secure and routinely backed up servers that are monitored around the clock. Morph AppSpace ATLANTA, GA—ProjectLocker has announced an integration with Morph AppSpace to enable developers to easily deploy applications directly to the cloud. The integration enables ProjectLocker users to quickly deploy their applications to Morph’s high-quality production environment directly from within the ProjectLocker user portal, without the hassles of procuring, configuring, and managing the Web application environment. This integration now allows ProjectLocker to expand its service offering to encompass the deployment and management phase of the software development lifecycle. By providing a managed development environment along with a managed deployment environment, software teams can focus even more on using best practices to build their software without the expense in resources and man hours of building and maintaining their own solutions. The initial integration enables Ruby on Rails projects to quickly deploy to the Morph AppSpace environment with a few simple steps. Support for Java and Grails applications will follow. Morph Labs provides a free developers account while production quality environments including a high availability computing environment, automated backups, and 24/7 monitoring start at $31 per month. The Morph AppSpace solution is built on top of the Amazon Web Services cloud computing environment including Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. Visit www.projectlocker.com for more information. Want to receive complimentary copies of some of the latest books on softWare Development? Then you may be interested in the StickyMinds.com Book Review Program! If you’re an experienced software professional who likes to read and thrives on sharing opinions, join our unique book review program that caters exclusively to the software development community! Tell us about your background, experiences, and which topics you’d like to review. If accepted into the program, you will receive a book selected for you to review—up to four a year. And the best part of the program? You keep the book—No Charge! For an application or more information, contact Cheryl M. Burke, cburke@sqe.com. Read your favorite magazine it hits the street—check out the digital edition online today at Better Software Has Gone Digital! straight from your desktop before www.StickyMinds.com/DigitalPreview Want to switch to the digital edition? Contact our subscription department at 1-800-450-7854 or info@BetterSoftware.com to find out how. www.StickyMinds.com DECEMBER 2008 BETTER SOFTWARE 45 http://www.projectlocker.com http://www.StickyMinds.com http://www.StickyMinds.com/DigitalPreview http://www.StickyMinds.com

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Better Software - December 2008 Contents Mark Your Calendar Contributors eLightenment Technically Speaking Code Craft Test Connection Management Chronicles What's a Manager to Do? Six Thinking Hats for Testers The Key to Good Interviewing 2008 Salary Survey Product Announcements 10 Things You Might Not Know About … The Last Word Ad Index

Better Software - December 2008

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