A friend recently asked if I had spoken to Apache about adopting TestMaker (formerly Load) as a Jakarta subproject. It would seem to me that the JMeter developers would be in a good position to consider the merits of such a move. If anyone would like to participate in a conversation with me about this then please let me know by sending email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here's what I have in mind: I've been maintaining the TestMaker framework for the past 5 years. TestMaker is a framework for building intelligent test agents that check Web systems based on HTTP, HTTPS, SOAP, and XML-RPC for scalability, performance and functionality. TestMaker lives on the http://www.PushToTest.com/ptt site and has an modest community of users. TestMaker would make a nice addition to the JUnit and JMeter subprojects. JUnit and JMeter focus on providing Java developers with frameworks for unit and system tests. TestMaker focuses on QA engineers and IT managers that may know how to code Java objects but are more comfortable in a GUI environment with a script language. TestMaker is distributed under an Apache-style license. The PushToTest site normally gets 60-100 people a day visiting, with about half downloading TestMaker. 6500 people have downloaded the software. 1840 are on the mailing list to receive announcements. 20 people are on the developer email list, with myself and 2 others applying patches and new features on a monthly basis. The traffic is mostly from Google searches for "free test automation software", the articles I have written for IBM developerWorks, and the Testing Web Services book I am writing (http://www.pushtotest.com/ptt/thebook.html.) My sense of the oncoming .NET vs J2EE fight motivates me to seek Apache's adoption of TestMaker. .NET is fabulous for developers because it is complete. The completeness of .NET is an advantage over the disparity and disjointed set of tools in the J2EE camp. In my mind, Apache is best positioned to offer a competing platform of tools and server software to developers. Having TestMaker in Jakarta would be the equivalent of adding Microsoft ACT or Mercury Interactive Loadrunner to the Apache platform. I would very much appreciate your thoughts on this idea. Thanks, in advance. -Frank Cohen -- Frank Cohen, CEO, PushToTest, www.pushtotest.com, phone: 408 374 7426 Come to PushToTest for free open-source Active Security solutions that test, monitor and automate Web Service systems for functionality, scalability and performance. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
