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SilverMark's Java Testing Newsletter, December
2000 Issue
IN
THIS ISSUE:
1)... Test Mentor 5.1 now available for download!
2)... Evaluator's Corner: Direct access to technical team
3)... Consultant's Corner: Certification program available
4)... TechTip: Extensibility Series #1
5)... Monthly user survey gift offer
Test Mentor 5.1 Available!
The
latest release of Test Mentor now provides full support for
ALL file-based Java development environments. Test Mentor
is a functional test and test-modeling tool for Java development
teams to use throughout the development cycle.
Newest Features from 5.1:
- Full
support for file-based Java development
- New
guided test creation wizards
- Ability
to automatically run existing JUnit tests
- Over
100 performance, usability, and documentation additions
& improvements.
Product
Highlights:
- Test
cases are 100% pure Java code and run on any Java platform
- Generate
test cases from:
- Guided
wizards
- UML
design models
- Java
class information
- JUnit
test cases
- Visual
test asset management system
- Reusable
and scalable tests
- Works
with any Java environment with additional integration with
the VisualAge for Java IDE.
For
more information, please visit:
http://www.javatesting.com/News/press.html
http://www.javatesting.com/Product/java/tmJava.html
Evaluator's Corner
If
you are interested in trying out a fully functioning trial
version of Test Mentor, all you need to do is to fill out
a form at:
http://www.silvermark.com/Product/java/tmjavadwneval.html
We understand that evaluating software to improve your development
process can take some time on your part. SilverMark is one
of few software companies that makes the evaluation process
fast and easy. While evaluating Test Mentor for your component
testing needs, you will have direct access to Test Mentor
development team members. These team members will be happy
to answer any technical questions about the product or component
testing. We also provide 1-on-1 web-based meetings to demonstrate
the product, features, techniques and strategies.
During your evaluation you will have access to:
Consultant's Corner
Want
to use Test Mentor as a part of your consulting tools arsenal?
SilverMark is currently offering a consultant's discount program
to provide low cost licenses to consulting groups and independent
consultants. Due to an overwhelming number of requests, we
are also providing a Test Mentor certification program beginning
first quarter of 2001.
SilverMark is committed to supporting educational institutions.
To help ensure that students of object-oriented software application
development have an opportunity to succeed in the ever-changing
market of available tools we are pleased to offer Test Mentor
Products for use in teaching environments. Please click here
to sign up.
User Survey and Gift Offer
In
an effort to improve the quality of our products and services,
we are conducting a survey of Test Mentor users and evaluators
and are very interested in hearing your opinions. The input
that you provide is very important and will be used only to
help improve the products and services offered.
The first 1,000 Test Mentor users or evaluators to complete
the online survey at:
www.javatesting.com/surverys/december2000survery.html
will receive an online gift certificate to purchase a book
at Amazon.com! This survey should take no more than 5 minutes
to complete.
TestTip: Extensibility Series #1
Test
Mentor is the fastest, most comprehensive Java component testing
tools on the market. Test Mentor allows users to easily extend
the functionality letting users customize the way they test
their project's components. And, with Test Mentor, users never
have to invest in learning a proprietary language.
This is the first in a series of technical tips providing
information about extending and customizing Test Mentor for
your project's testing needs.
This month's tip: "Roll your own custom validation policy"
One
of the most important aspects of component testing, besides
forcing unhandled exceptions to be revealed, is to assert
that after application of one or more stimuli, your components
under test are actually in the expected state. Validation
is concerned with ensuring that object properties (static
and instance variables, as well as derived values) match expected
values.
The most common validation pattern is the comparison of an
actual state vs. an expected state. Test Mentor provides a
spectrum of mechanisms for approaching validation. One of
these mechanisms is based on setting up a validation step
with a validation policy. A validation policy (often referred
to as a comparison policy) encapsulates specific behavior
for comparing two objects and validating that they compare
favorably.
Test Mentor provides several validation policies for general
use. You might want to create one or more validation policies
to represent strategies for validating your particular domain
objects. If you do this, you will want those policies to appear
in the validation step configuration view as validation policy
choices. This article discusses how to add your own custom
validation policy to Test Mentor for anyone in your group
to use. For this month's full technical tip see:
http://www.javatesting.com/Product/techtip.html
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