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 |   GUI Test Automation: froglogic Releases Squish 4.1
Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 27 @ 05:59:03 PDT (read: 534 times)
Unregistered writes "Hamburg, Germany – 2011-07-27 froglogic GmbH today announced
that Squish 4.1—a new feature release of the Squish GUI
Testing Tool—is now available.
Squish is the leading functional,
cross-platform GUI and regression testing tool that can test
applications based on a variety of GUI technologies, including Nokia's
Qt Software Development Frameworks, Java SWT/Eclipse RCP, Java
AWT/Swing, Windows MFC and .NET, Mac OS X Carbon/Cocoa, iOS CocoaTouch
and Web/HTML/AJAX. Squish stands out from other GUI testing tools by
giving test engineers the freedom to record and write tests using
familiar scripting languages such as JavaScript, Perl, Python, and Tcl.
Furthermore, Squish provides extremely tight integration with the
specific GUI technologies it supports. This gives testers unprecedented
access to the internals of the applications they are testing (to data
items, controls, and widgets, etc.), and also leads to the production of
very robust and stable GUI tests.
Squish and all the tests created with it, are completely
cross-platform, and work on Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and
embedded Linux.
Squish is being successfully used in QA departments across the
world in hundreds of companies both large and small, including, for
example, ARM, American Power Conversion, EADS, Ericsson, France
Telecom Group, General Electric, Reuters Financial Software, Siemens,
Synopsys and Xilinx.
Squish 4.1 delivers several major new features including:
- Many improvements to the Squish IDE, with highlights including
tools to tune image verifications,
support for globally shared scripts,
improved code formatting,
using PyDev as the default Python editor,
and the ability to add the Squish IDE to Eclipse as a plug-in.
- Image verifications can be tuned to use different algorithms and
tolerance levels for fuzzy comparisons.
- Improved packaging and simpler installation.
- Squish for iPhone's improvements include support for grabbing
screenshots and for executing screenshot verifications as well as better
scrolling and gesture support.
- Squish for Java's improvements include support for testing Cocoa SWT
GUIs and better test script portability.
- Squish for Mac's improvements include support for testing 64-bit
Cocoa GUIs.
- Squish for Qt's improvements include dedicated support for QML as
well as Qt Quick and the ability to eavesdrop on Qt signals in test
scripts.
- Squish for Web's improvements include support for testing on more
browsers, such as Chrome and Opera, as well as Safari on iPhone.
- Squish for Windows' improvements include support for dynamically
accessing .NET and COM properties and methods, and support for
third-party controls such as Infragistics NetAdvantage and Exontrol.
A detailed list of changes since Squish 4.1 is available at http://doc.froglogic.com/squish/4.1/all/rel-410final.html
A video showing highlights of Squish 4.1 can be watched at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDzVCV-Ou4s
“After a significant beta period involving
internal and customer testing, we are delighted to make this new feature
release of Squish available to our clients and
prospects.”—Reginald Stadlbauer, CEO and co-founder of
froglogic. “This new release brings many exciting new features
in response to the needs of our users and further strengthens Squish's
leading position in the GUI Test Automation market. ”
The Squish 4.1 release is now available to froglogic's customers and
evaluators and can be found in the Download Area. If you are
interested in Squish or would like to learn more about Squish, please
contact sales@froglogic.com or
visit http://squish.froglogic.com.
A free and fully supported evaluation version of Squish is
available at http://www.froglogic.com/evaluate.
About froglogic
froglogic GmbH is a software company based in Hamburg, Germany. Their
flagship product is Squish, the market-leading automated testing tool
for GUI applications based on Qt, Java AWT/Swing and SWT/RCP, Mac OS X
Carbon/Cocoa, Windows MFC and .NET, iOS CocoaTouch and for
HTML/Ajax-based web applications running in different web browsers. More
about froglogic is at http://www.froglogic.com.
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 TestPlant updates eggPlant, with OCR and support for Mac OS X Lion
Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 27 @ 05:58:56 PDT (read: 507 times)
Unregistered writes "London, UK and Boulder, CO, USA – 25 July, 2011 - TestPlant, the developer of robotic test tool product eggPlant, has announced the release of its most advanced revision to date - eggPlant v11.
eggPlant is a powerful test tool that creates a visual depiction of GUIs and screens, enabling software test engineers to automate the testing of screens through ‘search and compare’. This technique is entirely non-invasive - a unique and invaluable feature for testers in industries such as defense, security, media and medical devices.
The new version of eggPlant adds a number of new features that will enhance the ease and efficiency of automation testing. These include a fully integrated Optical Character Recognition (OCR) engine driven by ABBYY, the leader in commercial OCR; SenseTalk scripting improvements and script search enhancements and full support for Mac OS X Lion.
George Mackintosh, chief executive for TestPlant said: “Software development and testing is an extremely important, challenging and highly-specialist field that can be aided significantly by adding intelligent automation wherever possible. However, test automation in itself isn’t an infallible solution to the many pain-points experienced by software test engineers. That is why we developed the first version of eggPlant, an intelligent robotic visual test tool that looks at and tests screens in a similar way to an expert human eye. And that is also why we continue to revise and improve eggPlant with smart features such as OCR and native Mac OS X Lion support that meet the exacting demands of the software testing industry and make the lives of the engineers we value so highly that little bit easier.”
All existing eggPlant users will be able to upgrade within their existing contracts, with the OCR engine automatically installed without the need for any reconfiguration. The new OCR feature in particular has been added in direct response to heavy demand from eggPlant’s existing 500-strong user community.
TestPlant’s extensive beta testing has seen dramatic results for OCR across industries, including:
●Defense - Better cross-platform and secure end-to-end testing of mission critical systems.
●Mobile - Validating text across platforms is now easier and faster
●Finance - Better data driven testing of trading, forex apps and online banking
●Retail - Testing point of sale terminals. BI and ERP systems becomes easier
●Media and Gaming - Better text recognition in Flash applications
●Healthcare - Enhanced text recognition on healthcare devices
eggPlant v11 will be available in August 2011 on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.
Notes to users:
Requests for pre-released versions
If you have an urgent need and would like to get a pre-release version, please contact support@testplant.com
Mac OS X Lion support
eggPlant v11 for Mac fully supports Mac OS Lion. Following changes by Apple to the Mac OS Lion, TestPlant has re0worked eggPlant to ensure continuity for customers. eggPlant v11 has completed beta testing and is available in August, but if you require a pre-release version, please contact us on support@testplant.com
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WAPT Pro 2.5: load testing solution for mobile web applications and Silverlight
Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 27 @ 05:58:47 PDT (read: 488 times)
Unregistered writes "
SoftLogica Inc announces the release of a new version of its flagship product WAPT Pro.
WAPT is a load, stress and performance testing tool for web sites and software applications with web interface. Its main advantage is the ability to create realistic tests very quickly with help of a regular browser. The product does not require any programming background, so it can be used by quite a wide range of specialists from QA engineers to managers and business analysts.
The Pro version of WAPT combines technical affordability with high performance and scalability required by industry standards. The product can use multiple servers to generate the desired test load, emulating tens of thousands concurrent users. Such load is sufficient to perform the overall stress testing of a popular internet portal. The distributed product architecture makes it a cloud-ready solution, meaning that it can manage tests executed with help of remotely located load agents.
What's New:
Since web developers try to utilize all the power of the latest browser versions, they have to adjust the site content accordingly. This often leads to significant differences in web site behaviour depending on the client browser. The most important case is a web site specifically adjusted for mobile access. One of the newly introduced features in the version 2.5 is the ability to record and replay user sessions executed in any external browser, even a one running on a different system or a mobile device. This means that, for example, you can configure your Android browser to connect to your web site using WAPT Pro and click through your pages on the device to let the load testing tool record the session. When running the test, WAPT Pro will emulate thousand copies of this recorded session. It will no longer need the mobile device for this purpose, but will perform its exact emulation.
This new release also comes with a new extension module capable of testing web applications implemented in Microsoft Silverlight. This module can parse and rebuild binary messages encapsulated in the HTTP traffic between the client and server part of such applications. As a result, WAPT Pro creates data-driven tests for Silverlight applications, making each users session use its own unique data.
The third important feature is the ability to export full test statistics to an external database. This possibility is a must-have for those who test their web applications on the regular basis and need to fully integrate a load testing tool in the development process. While WAPT Pro offers its own set of tools for the test data visualization and analysis, including descriptive graphs, reports and logs, it is beneficial for historical purposes to export the results of multiple tests to a separate database.
Pricing and Availability:
The free 30-day trials of WAPT Pro and Module for Silverlight testing are available for download at http://www.loadtestingtool.com/download.shtml.
The license price is $900 for WAPT Pro and $300 for Module for Silverlight testing."
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SpiraTeam v3.1 Released that Provides Global Test Management and Enhanced Scrum
Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 27 @ 05:58:37 PDT (read: 500 times)
Unregistered writes "(Inflectra Corporation, Silver Spring, MD) today
announced that it has released the latest version of SpiraTest®, SpiraPlan® and
SpiraTeam® – its flagship suite of Agile Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
systems. The new version has been localized to support French, German, Spanish
and Czech language options as well as provide a new Scrum Task Board that
streamlines Agile/Scrum Planning.
The
new 3.1 version of SpiraTeam has many efficiency and usability enhancements as
well as allowing customers to run the application in English, French, German,
Spanish or Czech. With the worldwide adoption of SpiraTest, SpiraPlan and
SpiraTeam, the ability for customers to be able to use the system in their
native language is an important milestone.
In
addition, support for agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban and XP has been
further strengthened by the including of an Agile Planning Board (also known as
a story board or task board) that allows teams to more easily visually manage
the assignment of user stories to iterations/sprints and the allocation of
tasks to team members.
The
list of new features in SpiraTeam 3.1 includes:
- Support for multiple languages:
- Language packs for French,
German, Spanish and Czech languages
- Agile / Scrum Planning Board that allows easier
Backlog and Sprint planning
- Ability to for project members to
view schedules and perform time tracking
- Version
control of
all artifacts including undo of updates and deletes
- Additional dashboard widgets,
reports and charts/graphs:
- Document Tag Cloud
- Burndown, Velocity and Burnup
graphs now available in Project Home dashboard
- Test Case Traceability Matrix to
verify coverage of test cases, test sets and releases
- Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Feeds of data from My Page
dashboard widgets
- New graphing system based on HTML
Canvas that allows data and graphs to be exported
- Enhanced bulk editing tools and
ability to perform multiple-item drag and drop ordering
SpiraTest® is a
powerful Requirements
and Test Management solution that manages a software project’s
requirements, scope, use-cases, tests, releases and bugs and issues in one
environment, with complete requirements traceability throughout. Customers can
track every bug or issue back to the test case and test step that being
executed, and from there back to the underlying requirement needing
fulfillment.
SpiraPlan®
provides a complete Agile Project Management
System in one package, that can manages your project's requirements,
releases, iterations, tasks and issues in one environment, fully synchronized.
SpiraPlan® provides reporting dashboards of key project progress and risk
indicators - task progress, effort slippage, project velocity, task burndown /
burnup, top risk and issues – in one consolidated view. Designed to be
methodology agnostic, SpiraPlan supports Scrum, Extreme Programming, DSDM, Agile
United Process and other agile/hybrid methodologies.
SpiraTeam® is an
integrated Application
Lifecycle Management (ALM) system that manages your project's requirements,
releases, test cases, issues and tasks in one unified environment. SpiraTeam®
contains all of the features provided by SpiraTest® - our highly acclaimed
quality assurance system and SpiraPlan® - our agile-enabled project management
solution. With integrated customizable dashboards of key project information,
SpiraTeam® allows you to take control of your entire project lifecycle and
synchronize the hitherto separate worlds of development and testing.
About
Inflectra®
Inflectra® is a privately held software company dedicated to
helping its customers - large corporations, small businesses, professional
services firms, government agencies and individual developers – with the means
to effectively and affordably manage their software
development lifecycles, so as to decrease the time to market and increase
return on investment.
Inflectra® is currently headquartered in the growing technology
community of Silver Spring, Maryland
located just outside Washington,
D.C.
Inflectra®, SpiraTest®, SpiraPlan® and SpiraTeam® are either
trademarks or registered trademarks of Inflectra Corporation.
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 Thorny Software Development Issues - Improving Task Estimations
Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 27 @ 05:58:26 PDT (read: 454 times)
Unregistered writes "Hello again, it's Steve Miller, VP of ALM Solutions for SmartBear. Last month I began blogging on a series of "Thorny Software Development issues" and this is a continuation of that blog. I have been dealing with software development and testing issues for over 26 years, and I want to help you avoid some pain wherever and whenever possible.
Click below for my the 2nd topic of this blog series that focuses on how to improve task estimations by your team members:
http://blog.smartbear.com/post/11-06-14/thorny-software-development-issues---improving-task-estimations/
If you are a more visual person, we also created an accompanying YouTube video that steps you through improving task estimations, you can watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JtvWU-hF3fA
I hope you enjoy the topic.
Steve Miller
VP of ALMSolutions, SmartBear Software"
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