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SilverMark's Java Testing Newsletter, June 2001 Issue


IN THIS ISSUE:
1.)... Version 5.3 available!
2.)... Evaluator's Corner
3.)... Consultant's Corner
4.)... Extreme Programmer's Corner
5.)... Customer's Corner
6.)... Cast your vote in the JDJ Awards


Test Mentor 5.3 Available!

• Advanced results analysis
• Code Coverage
• Graphical Results Analysis
• Execution Time Graphing
• Dynamic Object-Interaction Diagrams
• Enhanced Extreme Programming Support
  • Specify test cases before the code is written
  • class/method/field definition stubbing
  • Run any existing JUnit test cases
  • Apply execution analysis tools such as code coverage directly on your JUnit tests
  • Automatically generate unit tests from class definitions and UML models
• User Roles
  • QA Engineers can generate test cases using the visual test asset system
  • Developers can generate and update test cases as pure Java methods
• Transparently access private members

General Product Highlights:

• Test cases are 100% pure Java code and run on any Java platform
• Save time by automatically generating 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
• Results profiling of
  • execution time
  • object interactions
  • code coverage

For more information, please visit:
http://www.javatesting.com/Product/java/tmJava.html


Be sure to cast your vote in the JDJ Awards

Make your voice heard! Voting is going on right now for the Java Developer's Journal 2001 Readers' Choice Award, and Test Mentor has just recently been nominated (and we need your help to catch up for lost time). Voting closes on May 31st, 2001

"Best Java Testing Tool" - This is where Test Mentor is listed
http://www.sys-con.com/java/readerschoice2001/

to vote:
http://www2.sys-con.com/java/readerschoice2001/nominationformbpa.cfm


Evaluator's Corner

There are two ways you can upgrade and extend your evaluation to v5.3:
1) Complete the form at: http://www.javatesting.com/Product/java/feedback.html
2) Contact your evaluation coordinator:
Thomas Slattery
(919) 858-8300 ext 27
tslattery@silvermark.com

New Product Information: "15 minute overview"
http://www.javatesting.com/documentation/fifteenminuteguide.pdf
This is the Readers Digest version of the product, but more detailed than just a couple of web pages - an informal equivalent of a white paper.

Consultant's Corner

If you are demonstrating Test Mentor or would like to demo Test Mentor in a public forum (user groups, universities, etc), please contact:
Mark Foulkrod
Product Manager
mailto:mfoulkrod@javatesting.com

or visit: http://www.silvermark.com/Product/java/education.html. We will provide supporting materials, slide presentations, demonstration licenses, and any technical support that you may need.

SilverMark also welcomes the following new product distributors:
http://www.silvermark.com/partners/index.html

Allvision Informatics
Beijing, China
http://www.allwish.com/
mailto:avision@public.bta.net.cn

Prithvi
Secunderabad, India
http://www.prithvisolutions.com/
mailto:info@prithvisolutions.com

EDOR Metodi Quantitativi
Milano, Italy
http://www.edor.it/
mailto:info@edor.it

ObjecTools
Toronto, Canada
http://www.objectools.com/
mailto:info@objectools.com

ComponentSource
http://www.componentsource.com
mailto:sales@componentsource.com

In the next newsletter, we will be announcing a revised certification program for companies and individuals that want to provide educational and consulting services to Test Mentor users.

Extreme Programmer's Corner

XP2001: Sardinia, Italy
May 20-23, 2001
http://www.xp2001.org
Jens Uwe Pipka from Daedalos Consulting demonstrated Test Mentor's integration into JUnit.

XP Universe: Raleigh, North Carolina (USA)
http://www.xpuniverse.com/
Come see SilverMark July 23-25, representatives will be exhibiting and presenting a paper that talks about some of the ways that Test Mentor pulls QA teams into the component testing process from the perspective of Extreme Programming:
Abstract for "Collaborative Model for Developers and Testers using XP":
http://www.javatesting.com/documentation/developerQACollaboration.pdf

Are you using some or all of the tenets of Extreme Programming? Test Mentor v5.3 now provides the following enhancements to support extreme testing:

• Specify test cases before the code is written
• class/method/field definition stubbing
• Run any existing JUnit test cases
• Apply execution analysis tools such as code coverage directly on
  your JUnit tests
• Automatically generate unit tests from class definitions and UML
  models

JUnit Feature Guide:
http://www.javatesting.com/documentation/stmjunit.pdf

Customer's Corner

If you are a current 5.2 customers, version 5.3 is available as a no-charge upgrade. As always, our technical support staff will be happy to take some time and show you the latest features though our personalized WEBINARS. You can sign-up at:
http://www.silvermark.com/Product/java/personaldemo.html

This month's trivia question:
"Out of the 7 continents in the world, how many have active Test Mentor users?"

Send your response to mailto:triviaquestion@javatesting.com if you get the correct answer, you will be entered into our monthly drawing for a digital camera give-away!

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