Hi Stewart, First let me tell you that for actual automated testing we've had some luck with Compuware (on the lower end), Segue (on the upper end) and I have a client using a product from Mercury that I don't know much about. From the "record and playback" point of view it doesn't matter so much that the screen output is from U2/SB+ (GUI or character, although you have to specifically accommodate both in the tool). You do have to code for it some and Segue -- at least last time I looked -- had the most powerful scripting language for that sort of thing.
IBM has a product, of course, Rational. I'm sure it could be adapted but I haven't seen it done yet. [BEGIN AD] Having said that -- from a test management point of view from the actual U2 side, I'll have to make a plug for my product, PRC. PRC is, at the heart, a source code control tool which includes a soup-to-nuts approach to managing the software life-cycle. Problem reporting, project management, the actual source control, test management (building and reusing hierarchical test plans including automatically learning along the way. So you can find out what tests have been run against a particular screen in the past, that sort of thing. You can store the script name against the test so that the host/U2/PRC side becomes the framework and you can use an automated testing tool -- or even record/playback mode on your telnet application -- to run the actual tests. Then to finish off with the wine and cheese, PRC can (optionally) allow users to open their own requests/problem reports, view (and be notified) of the progress along the way, see the test plans (or test instructions), maybe execute the testplans and mark the pass/fails (in the case of fails, PRC takes care of what should happen automatically too, so that the programmer is back in the loop) and then ultimately provides the electronic sign-off and acceptance. Full life-cycle support, control, visibility and audit. Makes the auditors swoon. Just let me know if you'd like to know more about it or see a demo. [END AD] Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:56:23 +1030 From: "Mitchell, Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [U2] [UV] Automated Testing Hi All, We are currently looking for a tool to assist with automated testing for universe software written using SB+. So any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Kind Regards, Stewart Mitchell ********************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential. They may contain legally privileged information or copyright material. You should not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact us at once by return email and then delete the original message and all copies. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. ********************************************************************** ------------------------------ End of U2 Users Digest V1 #1565 ******************************* ------------ u2-users-digest mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
