DevPartner adds full VS2010 support

Version 10.0 also supports .NET 4.0 and CLR 4.0, plus Team Foundation Server 10.0 Work Item submission.
April 30, 2010
Feature Release

DevPartner Studio is a suite of software development and testing tools that enable Windows application teams to build reliable, high-performance applications, components and Web services for Microsoft .NET and native Windows platforms. DevPartner Studio automatically detects and diagnoses software defects and performance problems early in the development process as cost-effectively as possible, providing built-in expert coding advice, coding standards and best practices to improve development skills and ensure software reliability and performance. DevPartner Studio enhances Visual Studio and Visual Studio Team System with advanced capabilities that allow development organizations to improve software quality and maximize developer productivity.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V10.0

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Support
    DevPartner Studio 10.0 provides full Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 support. This includes full support the analysis of applications developed using Microsoft Visual Studio, and full integration into the Visual Studio IDE. Analyze, detect errors and perform static code reviews in new Visual Studio 2010 project types.
  • Microsoft Team Foundation Server 10.0 Work Item Submission
    DevPartner Studio 10.0 supports submission of additional Work Item types to Microsoft Team Foundation Server 10.0. DevPartner Studio 10.0 automatically populates Work Item forms with selected session data for the issue work item type, as well as bug and defect work item types. Work Items can be submitted through both Visual Studio 2010 and 2008 when used with Microsoft Team Foundation Server 10.0 and the active Team System project supports the Work Item type.
  • Support for MSBuild
    DevPartner 10.0 supports MSBuild to build any DevPartner project in Visual Studio 2010. MSBuild starts automatically whenever building a solution from the build menu.
  • .NET 4.0 / Common Language Runtime (CLR) 4.0 Support
    DevPartner 10.0 lets you test and analyze any applications that leverage CLR 4.0, the common language runtime for .NET 4.0. CLR 4.0 support includes all DevPartner supported project types in Visual Studio 2010.
  • Experimental Support for Micro Focus Visual COBOL for .NET Projects (DevPartner Studio Professional Edition only)
    DevPartner now allows you to analyze Micro Focus Visual COBOL for .NET project types. This includes memory analysis, performance analysis, coverage analysis for managed COBOL for .NET projects. In-depth performance for COBOL for .NET projects can be done where standard disk I/O, network and other Microsoft standard .NET calls are used. Micro Focus Visual COBOL must be installed on the same computer as Visual Studio to enable the Micro Focus Visual COBOL for .NET project type for analysis. Support is limited to experimental usage in this release, and no Code Review or native COBOL support is provided. DevPartner customers who wish to provide feedback on this capability should identify themselves through the Micro Focus SupportLine Customer Care web site.
  • Enhanced Performance Timing (DevPartner Studio Professional Edition only)
    DevPartner Studio Performance Analysis (PA) has been enhanced to more accurately track and measure overhead used by its instrumentation model while capturing performance metrics. These enhancements dynamically calculate PA performance overhead while it is running against a target application. This allows a more precise application performance measurement when comparing to clock (CPU) time. Note that hardware and software interrupt architecture may impact performance timings and yield minor variances when compared to CPU time. Hardware and software interrupts execute Deferred Procedure Calls (DPC) and Asynchronous Procedure Calls (APC) instructions on the user thread being monitored in the target application, which is included in the target thread's timing. Also, since PA executes in the same target thread, the PA instrumentation model execution overhead lengthens the overall target thread execution time, which results in more opportunity for interrupts. The potential for interrupts occurring during a target thread execution varies depending on hardware and software on the machine executing the thread and on other machine activity.

About Micro Focus

Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization and Management software enables customers’ business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. Micro Focus has more than 30 years of expertise and more than 15,000 customers including more than 70 of the Fortune Global 100 companies and one million licensed users. Compuware and Micro Focus recently signed an agreement for Micro Focus to acquire the Compuware Quality Solutions product line.

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