IBM Rational Functional Tester Plus - Application - V7.0.1 - Sommario

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IBM Rational Functional Tester Plus by IBM Rational Software

Functional and regression testing solution covering a wide variety of software applications. IBM® Rational® Functional Tester Plus is a cost-effective solution, combining IBM Rational Functional Tester and IBM Rational Robot. Functional Tester Plus provides testing teams with a comprehensive functional, GUI and regression testing solution to test a wide variety of software applications; including Java/J2EE, Web/HTML, Web-services-based, .NET Winforms and Webforms, and other thick client technology-based applications.

With the IBM Functional Tester Plus solution testers will attain:

Shortened test cycles

Improved quality through broader and deeper test coverage

More accurate reliable, and reproducible tests

IBM Rational Functional Tester

IBM Rational Functional Tester highlights:

Provides novice testers with automated capabilities for activities such as data-driven testing

Offers advanced testers a choice of scripting language and industrial-strength editor: Java in Eclipse® or Microsoft® Visual Basic .NET® in Visual Studio .NET - for test authoring and customization

Provides an advanced, automated functional and regression tool for tester and graphical user interface (GUI) developers

Includes ScriptAssure™ technology and pattern-matching capabilities to improve test script resiliency for frequent application user interface changes

Support s version control to enable parallel development of test scripts and concurrent usage by geographically distributed teams

Support s testing of 3270 (zSeries™) and 5250 (iSeries™) applications using the IBM Rational Functional Tester Extension for Terminal-based Applications

Provides automated functional and regression testing for Siebel 7.7, 7.8 and SAP® applications

Operating systems supported: Linux

Any organization that relies on its own application development to serve the needs of internal clients or customers recognizes that application quality is a prerequisite for success, not an option. A crucial ingredient for this success is an efficient, disciplined testing process to verify that applications have achieved a level of fitness that either meets or exceeds project expectations. Slipping schedules, frequently changing application user interfaces, and recurrent feature regression introduce variables that ad-hoc testing practices are unable to handle. IBM Rational Functional tester was built to address these issues.

IBM Rational Functional Tester is an advanced, automated functional and regression testing tool for testers and GUI developers who need superior control for testing Java, Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET and Web-based applications.

How does it work?

Rational Functional Tester records user interactions with Java, Web, and Visual Studio .NET WinForm-based applications, creating a test script that - when executed - reproduces those actions. During recording, the user can insert verification points that extract specified data or properties from the application under test. During playback, these verification points are used to compare recorded information with live information to ensure consistency. Following any test recording activity, testers have the option of adding custom code to the test script to perform an unlimited array of tasks, including the data manipulation and environment configuration activities that are often necessary to ensure the test lab is properly constituted for the test run. Following test execution, Rational Functional Tester generates a report listing the results of the verification point comparisons. With Rational Functional Tester, teams are able to more reliably and efficiently expose problems in even the most complex applications, increasing the opportunity for defect capture and repair before product release.

IBM Rational Functional Tester Features and Benefits:

FeatureBenefit

Support for testing of Java, Web and Visual Studio .NET WinForm-based applicationsTest teams are often required to assess applications built upon more than one technology base. IBM Rational Functional Tester provides equally robust automation support for applications constructed using Java, HTML/DHTML and Visual Studio .NET WinForm technologies.

Choice of language - Java or Visual Basic .NET - for test script customizationTest script customization is mandatory in order to perform anything but the most basic tests. IBM Rational Functional Tester gives you a choice of powerful, mainstream scripting languages to make this possible. Choose between either Java or Visual Basic .NET - both options can be used with all the supported user interface technologies. By working with Functional Tester, testers quickly learn to work with basic language constructs and acquire programming skills that facilitate more productive communication with developers.

Native Java and Visual Basic .NET editor and debugger for advanced testersTest script editing is important, but it can be difficult without a good editor and debugger. IBM Rational Functional Tester delivers industrial-strength options to address this concern. Testers using Java can work in the Eclipse Java Development Toolkit (JDT), and those using Visual Basic .NET can work in Visual Studio .NET. Both integrated development environments offer a host of options to simplify test enhancement, including a helpful code-complete feature that suggests code to accelerate editing. GUI developers will find this feature particularly useful, as they can access it within the IDE they use to build the user interface.

ScriptAssure technology to accommodate frequent UI modificationsFrequent changes to an application's user interface can break tests, which embody assumptions about how to identify the interface's objects during playback. IBM Rational Functional Tester introduces an advanced ScriptAssure™ technology to accommodate these changes and avoid increases in maintenance overhead. ScriptAssure uses configurable algorithms to locate objects during test execution, even if the objects have changed since test creation.

Automated data correlation and data-driven testing eliminate need for manual codingFunctional tests typically need to vary data during playback to properly simulate true users. IBM Rational Functional Tester can automatically detect data entered during test recording and prepare the test for data-driven testing. Using a spreadsheet-like data editor, you can then create customized data sets to be inserted into the script during playback. In this way, you can produce highly personalized tests without manual coding.

Multiple verification points with regular expression pattern matching supportVerification points help to ensure there is no regression from one build of the application under test to the next. IBM Rational Functional Tester provides a wide range of verification points to test various aspects of your application, and it includes pattern matching support for tests in which you cannot predict the exact data response.

Advanced object map maintenance capabilitiesIBM Rational Functional Tester uses an object map to store information used during test execution to locate user interface objects. It also provides maintenance capabilities to update this object map automatically whenever changes are made to the application's user interface.

Linux test editing and test execution supportFor testers interested in Java, IBM Rational Functional Tester offers scripting to create, edit, and execute tests on the Linux platform - including everything except a test recorder. It also supports the Windows platform for all recording, editing, and execution capabilities.

Ships with IBM Rational Manual TesterFor teams not yet prepared to automate all of their testing efforts, IBM Rational Manual Tester is included in the Rational Functional Tester product box. Rational Manual Tester brings control and organization to manual testing efforts, introducing a novel test step reuse technology to improve the resiliency of manual tests despite changes made to the applications under test. For more information, click here.

Ships with IBM Rational ClearCase LT for automated version controlTypically, more than one version of an application is deployed within an organization, and testers must therefore maintain groups of tests for each version. Without the help of automated version control, this can be extremely difficult. IBM Rational Functional Tester is designed to support automated version control, which not only provides a mechanism to maintain multiple test sets, but also enables parallel development and supports geographically dispersed teams, To help teams take advantage of this support, a full version of IBM Rational ClearCase LT, an entry-level version control tool designed for small project workgroups, is included in the product box. Rational Functional Tester users also have the option of upgrading to the standard version of IBM Rational ClearCase. For more information, click here.

Add-on support available for testing 3270/5250 terminal-based applicationsTeams responsible for testing mixed workload environments - environments comprised of both Java/Web/Visual Studio .NET-based applications and mainframe-based applications - can purchase the IBM Rational Functional Tester Extension for Terminal-based Applications. This extension enables automation and testing for 3270 and 5250 terminal-based applications, including automated data entry and response verification, using the testing tool and scripting language the tester favors for Windows and Linux-based applications.

Extended automated functional and regression testing for Siebel® and SAP® applications.IBM Rational Functional Tester Extension for Siebel Test Automation interfaces to provide robust automation support for both Siebel 7.7 and 7.8. IBM Rational Functional Tester Extension Automated test creation, execution and analysis of SAP GUI applications.

IBM Rational Robot

IBM Rational Robot is a general-purpose test automation tool for QA teams who want to perform functional testing of client/server applications. It lowers the learning curve for testers discovering the value of test automation processes and enables experienced test-automation engineers to uncover more defects by extending their test scripts with conditional logic to cover more of the application, and to define test cases to call external DLLs or executables. IBM Rational Robot provides test cases for common objects such as menus, lists and bitmaps, and specialized test cases for objects specific to the development environment, it also includes built-in test management, and integrates with the tools in the IBM Rational Unified Process® for defect tracking, change management and requirements traceability. Supports multiple UI technologies for everything from Java™, the Web and all VS.NET controls to Oracle® Forms, Borland® Delphi® and Sybase® PowerBuilder® applications.

Rational Functional Tester Extension for Terminal-based Applications supports the testing of terminal-based applications.

Enables your teams to use the same tool for 3270 and 5250 applications that they rely on for testing Java and Web-based applications - namely, Rational Functional Tester.

Enables automated testing of 3270 (zSeries) and 5250 (iSeries) applications via an Eclipse-hosted terminal emulator

Permits usage of Rational Functional Tester or Rational Functional Tester Plus as a mixed workload environment testing tool

Allows testers to apply their expertise to the mainframe environment while continuing to use the same testing tool used for Java, VS.NET and Web applications

Operating systems supported: Windows

Requires that you have license for IBM Rational Functional Tester/ Tester Plus

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Resources: Read the IBM Rational Functional Tester DataSheet, Read the Advancing Toward Test Automation through Effective Manual Testing White paper, Read the IBM Rational Robot DataSheet, Read the IBM Rational Robot User Guide, Read the IBM International Program License Agreement (IPLA) - English, Read the IBM International Program License Agreement (IPLA) - French, Read the IBM International Program License Agreement (IPLA) - German, Read the IBM International Program License Agreement (IPLA) - Italian, Read the IBM International Program License Agreement (IPLA) - Spanish, Read the IBM International Program License Agreement (IPLA) - Japanese, Read the IBM Rational Functional Tester End User License Agreement, Read the IBM Rational Functional Tester 3rd Party Licenses End User License Agreement, IBM Rational Functional Tester Evaluation (Installation Part 1 of 2) - Expires after 30 days, IBM Rational Functional Tester Evaluation (Installation Part 2 of 2) - Expires after 30 days, IBM Rational Manual Tester Evaluation (Installation Part 1 of 2) - Expires after 30 days, IBM Rational Manual Tester Evaluation (Installation Part 2 of 2) - Expires after 30 days

Operating System for Deployment: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.x, SUSE Linux 9.x

Architecture of Product: 32Bit

Product Type: Application

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