ComponentSource Topic | Debugging and Testing

dotTrace Performance profiles unit tests

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:08:00 GMT

View CPU statistics by thread with dotTrace.

dotTrace Performance helps detect performance bottlenecks in a variety of .NET Framework applications. It is able to profile standalone desktop applications, Web applications running under IIS or Visual Studio development server, Windows services, smart device applications, remote applications and unit tests. dotTrace Performance is able to compare any two performance snapshots of the same application. It shows the differences between the number of calls consumed by each function.

Updates in 4.5.2

The latest minor update enables profiling of unit tests by integrating with a variety of recent versions of ReSharper, including 6.1, 6.0 and the 5.x family.

About JetBrains

JetBrains is a leading software development firm specializing in the creation of intelligent, productivity-enhancing software technology. The company is widely known for their innovative, award-winning products, IntelliJ IDEA, ReSharper and TeamCity. JetBrain's products are trusted and used everyday by developers in over 3,000 companies worldwide, many from the Fortune 100. JetBrains has headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic and R&D centers in Russia, Germany and the USA.

Infragistics TestAdvantage updated

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:25:37 GMT

Role selection in Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms.

Infragistics TestAdvantage enables automated testing of user interfaces. It allows developers to regression test Windows Forms applications developed using Infragistics NetAdvantage. You can quickly record and replay script commands instead of using generic mouse coordinates.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2011 Volume 2

Conditional Formatting Dialog Support - Record actions on different UI controls and verify the data displayed.
Version Utility - Switch to any build version of the assemblies.
Asynchronous Exporting Support - A new CancelAsynchronousExport replay action added to support Asynchronous Exporting features.
WinGrid - Now supports repeat paste, asynchronous exporting and conditional formatting features.

About Infragistics

Infragistics has been a market leader in the presentation layer components industry for over 18 years. With a comprehensive portfolio of multi-platform Enterprise Software products and services, it has achieved global reach in nearly every Fortune 2000 company. Infragistics empowers developers to build and style great application user interfaces for Windows Forms, ASP.NET, WPF and JSF, and additionally offers user interface test tools, support, training and consulting services.

AppMetrics (COM+) 5.0 released

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:56:43 GMT

Methods Summary report in AppMetrics (COM+).

Now makes use of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and no longer needs Data Transformations Services (DTS).

AppMetrics (COM+) makes your applications more reliable and efficient by providing application usage and performance analysis; bottleneck detection; software component "hot spot" analysis; key benchmarks and threshold levels established for optimal application health and performance; interactive analytical reports that align application capacity with business goals and objectives and diagnostic reports and analyses in a test, QA or production environment. It integrates with system management packages and has a rich management pack for MOM. Xtremesoft maximizes the availability of your custom built Microsoft applications built on Microsoft COM+ architecture. The focus is on monitoring, alerting and managing business transactions. This includes metrics on packages, applications, components, and their methods.

Updates in V5.0.1

AppMetrics now makes use of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), and no longer requires Data Transformation Services (DTS)
Remote SQL databases are now supported
The AppMetrics service may be installed to run under the local system account, rather than requiring a domain account
AppMetrics users are no longer required to be Administrators on each machine
The ability to automatically recycle or shutdown hung COM+ application instances has been added

View Hyper-V scenarios
Using AppMetrics to monitor your COM+ middle tier applications running on virtual servers is an effective way to ensure they are operating efficiently, and helps identify any bottlenecks which might exist.

Developing and testing your COM+ and .NET Serviced Component based applications is made easier by using AppMetrics to locate any problem areas before you place those applications in a production environment.

AppMetrics working together with SCOM 2007
AppMetrics integrates with Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 allowing for continuous monitoring of COM+ application health in a production environment. With AppMetrics configured for threshold monitoring of COM+ applications, transactions, and components, data center operations staff can see at a glance whether their applications are experiencing performance issues, have hung, or whether any of their applications have experienced fatal errors.

About Xtremesoft

Xtremesoft maximizes the availability of your custom built Microsoft applications built on, COM+, and .NET Enterprise Services. Their focus is on monitoring, alerting and managing business transactions. This includes metrics on packages, applications, components, and their methods.

DevPartner BoundsChecker 99 day license launched

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:51:00 GMT

Detecting program errors with DevPartner BoundsChecker.

Micro Focus DevPartner products are now available to purchase with 99 day licenses.

Micro Focus has launched a new license model allowing you to purchase 99 day licenses for DevPartner® BoundsChecker, DevPartner Visual C++/BoundsChecker Suite, DevPartner Java Edition and DevPartner Studio Professional from as little as $99/€99/£99 to $149/€149/£149. The products are fully functional and last for 99 days, if you wish to use the software after 99 days you will need to buy another license. Note: This offer is only available in certain countries.

99 day licenses are available for:

DevPartner BoundsChecker Web Edition - Unique testing and 'bug busting' capabilities to help developers quickly and easily locate errors in application source code at runtime, and deliver reliability and high performance to their users. Supporting 32 or 64-bit, and with native C/C++ and .NET interoperability, DevPartner BoundsChecker helps uncover even the most difficult of application killers. (Includes: Error Detection from $99/€99/£99)

DevPartner Visual C++/BoundsChecker Suite Web Edition - Extends the unique DevPartner BoundsChecker capabilities, enabling developers to quickly locate runtime errors in application source code. Helping to identify performance issues and measure the level of testing accomplished for Windows C and C++ code, including mixed-mode .NET applications, Micro Focus DevPartner for Visual C++ / BoundsChecker Suite offers unrivaled capability for the pure C++ developer. (Includes: Error Detection, Performance Analysis, Coverage Analysis and System Comparison from $149/€149/£149)

DevPartner Studio Professional Web Edition - The ultimate suite of software development and testing tools for the Microsoft .NET and native Windows platforms. Enhancing Visual Studio and Visual Studio Team Foundation Server with its advanced capabilities, DevPartner Studio automatically detects and diagnoses software defects and performance problems early in the development process, providing built-in expert coding advice and best practices to improve development skills and ensure software reliability and performance. (From $149/€149/£149)

DevPartner Java Edition Web Edition - A comprehensive code quality suite that boosts Java development productivity allowing you to easily deliver reliable, high-performance Java applications, components and Web services. With comprehensive runtime support for leading J2EE application servers, such as WebSphere, Weblogic, JBoss and Tomcat, DevPartner Java Edition automates time-consuming tasks such as source code reviews, troubleshooting, performance profiling and unit test validation. (From $149/€149/£149)

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.

YouTrack 3.0 adds E-mail integration

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:23:27 GMT

A list of bugs displayed in the Web-based YouTrack interface.

You can now submit issues directly from E-mails, also includes customizable workflow and Mobile UI optimization.

YouTrack is a keyboard-centric bug and issue tracker Web application. YouTrack includes extensive keyboard support to create, edit, and navigate between issues - all major actions have easy-to-learn shortcuts. YouTrack lets you search for issues by typing queries in the search box using query completion. You can also modify multiple issues at once using the Command window with YouTrack. YouTrack is distributed as either a JAR or a WAR file, ready to run as a standalone Java process. YouTrack can also be deployed at any of today's popular application servers, including Apache Tomcat 5+, Apache Geronimo, Mortbay Jetty, Caucho Resin, and JBoss.

Updates in V3.0

Customizable Workflow - Now you can define the life cycle of your issues according to your process needs. Customizable workflow combined with the customizable attributes gives you the ability to completely customize your issue tracking process.
Issue from E-mail - Submit new issues without even opening the bug tracker. Now you can integrate YouTrack with your mailbox (IMAP, POP3) and report issues right from your e-mail client.
Mobile UI - Optimized the Login and Full Issue View screens specifically for mobile platforms. Now you can comfortably read, comment, add tags, view attachments, and update issue attributes from your iPhone, iPod, Blackberry, Android or Windows Mobile handheld.
Applying Commands from VCS Commit Comment - Now you can just type a command right in the VCS commit comment, and it will be applied to the issue associated with this commit. For example, if you commit files with a comment like #JT-1787 fixed tag to be documented, issue JT-1787 will be closed and tagged as "to be documented."
Customizable Attributes - Define your own states, types or priorities, set default values, highlight attribute values with different colors, or even allow multiple selection of assignees.
Add Watcher - Notify another user of an issue that was created or updated, preventing duplicate issues and keeping everyone involved aware of any changes made.
Customizable sidebar - You can now choose which tags and saved searches are visible (pinned) in your sidebar by pinning/unpinning items from the list. Organize your sidebar to have all the tags and saved searches you need right in front of you, or simply hide the whole sidebar when you need more space on the issue list.
JetBrains Database - YouTrack 3.0 is now supplied with the new built-in JetBrains Database improving YouTracks performance by over 50%.

About JetBrains

JetBrains is a technology-leading software development firm specializing in the creation of intelligent, productivity-enhancing software. The company is widely known for its innovative, award-winning Java integrated development environment, IntelliJ IDEA, ReSharper developer productivity extension and dotTrace profiler for .NET developers, TeamCity - a continuous integration and build management environment, RubyMine - a Ruby and Rails IDE and others. JetBrains maintains its headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic, with its R&D labs located in St. Petersburg, Russia and Boston, Massachusetts.

dotTrace Performance 4.5 released

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:17:52 GMT

Viewing CPU statistics by thread with dotTrace.

Adds better organized snapshot views, less noise in call stacks and improved tree presentation and performance.

dotTrace Performance profiles the performance of .NET applications, ASP.NET applications running on Internet Information Server and Windows services. You can compare any two performance snapshots of the same application with dotTrace. dotTrace program interface features effective navigation, easy filtering and smart search options. dotTrace also features source preview.

Updates in 4.5

Less noise in call stacks and improved tree presentation - Content in snapshot views is now better organized: specifically, icons to the left of the tree no longer misalign its nodes. In addition, you can now quickly fold or unfold calls that take insignificant time with Ctrl+Space.
Extracting all public methods of a class to a single tab - You can now quickly view all public method calls from a certain class in a separate tab, which helps analyze the performance of a class along the lines of its API.
Improved estimation of potential performance gains - You can now adjust time of a function called from a specific parent function, leaving its other calls intact.
Sampling profiling is now used by default - Sampling is the fastest profiling mode that imposes least overhead. Of course, whenever you need to collect more detailed performance data, you can switch to tracing or line-by-line profiling.
Previewing .NET Framework source code - By connecting dotTrace 4.5 Performance to Microsoft Reference Source Server (via View | Options | Source Preview), you can preview the source code of .NET Framework when you analyze the behavior of library code in your snapshot.
Displaying IL code in source view - In the Source Preview area, you can now switch between source form and CIL form of methods that you're analyzing:
New floating license handling policy - This is an important change for customers who are using dotTrace integrated into Visual Studio in corporate environments. Before, a floating license ticket was issued right upon loading the dotTrace plug-in in Visual Studio irrelevant of whether a user actually needed it. Starting from dotTrace 4.5 Performance, a ticket is only requested after a user has performed an operation with dotTrace from within Visual Studio.
Performance improvements - dotTrace 4.5 Performance generates Hot Spots and Plain List views a lot faster than version 4.0. Acceleration has also been applied to search in Hot Spots view and canceling view construction on pressing Esc.

About JetBrains

TestAdvantage adds ribbon customization testing

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:03:50 GMT

Role selection in Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms.

Version 2011 Volume 1 also supports all user interface controls in NetAdvantage for Windows Forms 2011 Volume 1.

Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms (for IBM Rational Functional Tester) is a collection of custom libraries built using IBM Rational Functional Tester extensibility. It enables automated testing of the presentation layer, allowing testers to fully regression test Windows Forms applications with user interfaces developed using Infragistics NetAdvantage for Windows Forms controls.

Updates in 2011 Volume 1

NetAdvantage for Windows Forms 2011 Volume 1 - Support for all user interface controls, new and enhanced, in NetAdvantage for Windows Forms 2011 Volume 1
End User Ribbon Customization Testing - Several new subitems and a new verification point for the layout tree on the right-side of the End User Ribbon Customization dialog enable you to test this new feature introduced in NetAdvantage for Windows Forms 2011 Volume 1.
Improved Install Experience - The new install experience now lets you set the version of TestAdvantage that you're installing as the current version, saving you the trouble of having to run the included Version Utility manually.

About Infragistics

Infragistics NetAdvantage provides the most comprehensive set of components for quickly building and styling commercial class user interfaces for Windows Forms, ASP.NET, JSF and WPF applications. The company's advanced user interface controls allow developers to produce all of the familiar interfaces your users expect, such as Office 2007 UI, Windows XP, and Vista. Its controls are widely deployed for use in the hottest architectures such as Web 2.0, SharePoint and Microsoft's Composite Applications Block (CAB). Within every NetAdvantage product, Infragistics provide global product support, source code to controls and frameworks, guaranteed multiple releases yearly of customer driven products and features and much more.

TestAdvantage supports NetAdvantage 2011 Volume 1

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:27:49 GMT

Role selection in Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms.

TestAdvantage for Windows Forms for HP QuickTest Professional software 2011 Volume 1 also adds new tests.

Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms (for HP QuickTest Professional software) is a collection of Custom Libraries built using HP QuickTest Professional .NET addin extensibility. It enables automated testing of the presentation layer, allowing developers to fully regression test Windows Forms applications with user interfaces developed using Infragistics NetAdvantage. TestAdvantage allows development teams to effortlessly extend the regression testing process to the presentation layer. You can quickly record and replay script commands for Windows Forms applications built using NetAdvantage instead of using generic mouse coordinates.

Updates in 2011 Volume 1

Support for all user interface controls, new and enhanced, in NetAdvantage for Windows Forms 2011 Volume 1, plus:

WinTree UI Testing - added new recordable and replayable actions to the base tree proxy that can help with drag-and-drop testing:

DragSubItem
DropOnSubItem
DropOnControl

Also added three new enumerations to help with drag-and-drop testing and testing of the end user ribbon customization dialog:

QTPRbnCustButtonType
QTPSubItemTree
QTPRectRegion

WinToolbars UI Testing - support was added for testing of the layout tree used in the end user ribbon customization dialog, including the following recordable and replayable action:

ClickRbnCustButton

About Infragistics

Software Diagnostics Developer Edition patched

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:38:15 GMT

Using Software Diagnostics Developer Edition to trace your code.

Software Diagnostics for developers, testers and project managers can trace the execution of your code. Software Diagnostics can apply reverse debugging, analyze control flow back and forth in time and identify bugs with a single run of your application. It is an integrated recorder, debugger, and profiler for system dynamics. Being seamlessly integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio, it significantly accelerates debugging activities and improves comprehension of system behavior. Software Diagnostics records the internal activity of a running system and stores the captured runtime behavior as trace data. Software Diagnostics is available in the following editions:

Updates in 1.3.11888

Support for high volume Visual Studio solutions
Increased robustness
Optimized Usage Workflows

About Software Diagnostics

Software Diagnostics, a spin-off company of the Hasso Plattner Institute for IT Systems Engineering, offers tools for debugging, monitoring, and visualization of complex software systems and their development processes. The tools derivate software architecture information directly from implementations and obtain precise system dynamics information. The information is visualized based on virtual software landscapes and software maps. Software Diagnostics products accelerate development processes, reduce debugging efforts, increase software quality, create transparency in software maintenance, and lessen IT development risks. In addition, the portfolio includes customer-specific training and consultancy.

PurifyPlus adds support for Windows 7

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:43:00 GMT

The Purify welcome screen and main window.

IBM Rational PurifyPlus v7.0.1 now provides support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

IBM Rational PurifyPlus is an award-winning dynamic software analysis solution designed to help developers write faster, more reliable code. It includes four capabilities packaged into a single product: 1) Memory debugging (pinpoints hard to find memory errors such as uninitialized memory access, buffer overflow and improper freeing of memory), 2) Memory leak detection (identifies memory blocks that no longer have a valid pointer), 3) Performance profiling: (highlights application performance bottlenecks and improves application understanding with a graphical representation of function calls) and 4) Code coverage (identifies untested code with line-level precision).

Updates in V7.0.1.0-001

This interim fix resolves defects in IBM Rational PurifyPlus for Windows v7.0.1.0 and provides support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Features

Pinpoints hard to find memory errors such as uninitialized memory access, buffer overflow and improper freeing of memory
Identifies memory leaks (memory blocks that no longer have a valid pointer)
Highlights application performance bottlenecks and improves application understanding with a graphical representation of function calls
Identifies untested code with line-level precision
Does not require access to source code and can thus be used with third-party libraries
Supports Visual C++, .NET, and Java
Integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio

About IBM Rational Software

IBM strives to lead in the invention, development and manufacture of the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, storage systems and microelectronics. The company translates these advanced technologies into value for its customers through professional solutions, services and consulting businesses worldwide.

BoundsChecker now 64bit compatible

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:06:00 GMT

Error detection using DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite.

DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite analyzes both native and managed 32bit and 64bit executables.

DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite helps developers to quickly and easily locate errors in application source code and at runtime, locate performance issues and measure the level of testing accomplished, for any combination of Visual Studio .NET and native Windows code, and across physically distributed systems.

DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite is also available as part of DevPartner Studio Professional Edition

Updates in V10.5

64-Bit Application Support - DevPartner 10.5 now supports the ability to analyze and profile both native and managed 32-bit and 64-bit executables, Web applications and assemblies on both AMD x64 and Intel EM64T architectures. DevPartner has been updated to handle the increased memory limits and data values used by 64-bit applications. The updated runtime DevPartner components consist of:

Error Detection (BoundsChecker)
Performance Analysis
Coverage Analysis
Memory Analysis
Performance Expert

Remote Profiling on Windows 7 - DevPartner now supports the profiling of remote applications when the local and remote computers are properly licensed and use supported Windows Vista SP1 and later operating systems, including Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Eases the burden of multi platform verification
Frees the users system while analysis runs on remote systems

About Micro Focus

ANTS Memory Profiler adds snapshot API

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:57:00 GMT

Selecting an .NET executable to profile.

Version 7.0 also features improved support for WPF and redesigned and reorganized filters.

ANTS Memory Profiler makes .NET memory profiling simple. Use ANTS Memory Profiler to locate memory leaks, optimize applications with high memory usage, and check the health of your code during the development cycle and before release. ANTS Memory Profiler can profile any .NET application including ASP.NET web applications. ANTS Memory Profiler is available as a standalone tool or as part of the Red Gate .NET Developer Bundle.

Updates in V7.0

Redesigned summary. This gives immediate feedback on where your memory is being used, and now warns you if problems with large object heap fragmentation are detected.
New Instance Categorizer graph. Groups the instances of the class that you are investigating by the shortest path to the GC root, allowing you quickly to spot any paths that should not hold references to the instances.
Redesigned and reorganized filters.
New 'show only survivors in growing classes' filter highlights any classes where no instances were disposed between two snapshots, even though the number of instances of that class increased.
Field properties now available on the Instance Retention Graph.
Improved support for WPF: Dependency properties now shown with other field properties.
Snapshot API lets you take snapshots from your code.

About Red Gate Software

Since 1999 Red Gate Software has been developing ingeniously simple tools that simplify the business of working with SQL Server, .NET and Exchange. Its tools, which include SQL Compare, SQL Backup and ANTS Performance Profiler, have become industry standards for developers and DBAs worldwide. It counts Microsoft, HP, Sage, Bank of America, AT&T, The US Treasury, and over 100,000 other leading organizations as customers, and there are over 500,000 Microsoft technology professionals currently using Red Gate products.

ANTS Performance Profiler patched

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:57:00 GMT

Viewing processor time and line level timings with ANTS Performance Profiler.

ANTS Performance Profiler is a tool for profiling applications written in any of the languages supported by the .NET framework. ANTS Performance Profiler profiles all .NET applications, including ASP.NET web applications, Windows Services and COM+ applications. ANTS Performance Profiler will identify performance bottlenecks within minutes, is fast and responsive with minimal impact on the execution of your program. It provides line-level timing so you can drill down to the specific lines of code responsible for performance inefficiencies. The Pro edition adds additional functionality such as the ability to save profiler results and profile child processes. ANTS Performance Profiler is available as a standalone tool or as part of the Red Gate .NET Developer Bundle.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 6.2

This version removes a dependency on the Microsoft J# runtime, thereby making installation both quicker and more reliable. A number of other minor bug fixes are also included.
Please note that ANTS Performance Profiler 6.2 does not support SharePoint 2010 or Windows Phone 7.

About Red Gate Software

Red Gate Software counts Microsoft, HP, Sage, Bank of America, AT&T, the US Treasury and over 9,000 other leading organizations as customers of its software development tools. There are over 100,000 Microsoft technology DBAs, developers and testers currently using Red Gate products. The company believes that by producing simple tools that solve the technical problems of Microsoft technology professionals it will continue to add value to the software development community. Therefore, it does not sell 'integrated' software with large, often unnecessary, feature sets. Red Gate was founded in 1999 and moved to Cambridge at the start of the year 2000. It is a privately owned and managed company. Its focus is on Microsoft technologies. Red Gate was chosen as a Global Gold Launch Partner for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and are a Visual Studio Integration Program partner.

.NET Reflector Pro supports XAP files

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:57:00 GMT

Choosing assemblies to debug with .NET Reflector Pro.

Version 7.0 Integrates with Windows Explorer and Visual Studio via Add-in.

.NET Reflector Pro provides the latest version of .NET Reflector, plus a Visual Studio add-in containing the Pro features. .NET Reflector Pro integrates .NET Reflector into Visual Studio to allow you to seamlessly debug into third-party code and assemblies, even if you don't have the source code for them. For example, you may have a project that contains a third-party assembly, but you cannot step into it because you do not have the source code, symbols, or PDB file. After you have installed .NET Reflector Pro, you can use the Visual Studio add-in to select and decompile the assembly that you are interested in. You can then return to your source code in Visual Studio and treat the decompiled assembly much like your own code; you can step through the assemblies and use all the debugging techniques that you would use on your own code, including setting breakpoints.

.NET Reflector Pro is also available as part of Red Gate .NET Developer Bundle.

Updates in V7.0

Integrates with Windows Explorer and Visual Studio via Add-in
You can open Visual Studio, and use the .NET Reflector menu to select referenced assemblies you would like to debug into. These assemblies are then decompiled to C# or VB. You can then step into them whilst debugging, set breakpoints, see the values of variables and parameters, etc. In fact, the only debugger functionality that will not work is edit and continue. You can also decompile and explore source if you right-click on a project reference, and then click Decompile and Explore on the context menu.

Better decompilation, including the addition of iterator block (yield) support, as well as improvements to the .NET 4.0 decompilation,
Tabbed decompilation,
Ability to decompile and explore source code for referenced assemblies in Visual Studio,
Support for Silverlight XAP files
PowerCommands integration

About Red Gate Software

Software Diagnostics now available

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:34:00 GMT

Tracing code execution with Software Diagnostics Developer Edition.

Recorder, profiler and debugger for C and C++ for Visual Studio 2005, 2008 and 2010 now available from ComponentSource.

Software Diagnostics can trace the execution of your code. SD Developer Edition Enterprise can apply reverse debugging, analyze control flow back and forth in time and identify bugs with a single run of your application. The Developer Edition is an integrated recorder, debugger, and profiler for system dynamics. Being seamlessly integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio, it significantly accelerates debugging activities and improves comprehension of system behavior. Software Diagnostics Developer Edition Enterprise records the internal activity of a running system and stores the captured runtime behavior as trace data. SD Developer Edition Enterprise adds the benefit of MemoryLeak Tracing - Identifying Memory Leaks. You can apply Memory Leak tracing for finding memory leaks on any freely running process that has been activated for snapshot tracing before hand.

The following editions are available:

Features

Debugging
Developer Edition is a debugging tool that visualizes complete recordings of runtime behavior. It is applicable with minimal side-effects to system execution including multithreaded applications. Tracing can be done with automated or manual level of detail. Traces enable developers to perform Reverse Debugging.
Implementing New Features and Feature Change Request
Developer Edition accelerates and facilitates the identification of "the right place" to integrate new features into existing code base.
Performance Analysis and Memory Leak detection
The CPU costs of function execution are revealed, helping to identify the performance of the application.

The Developer Edition is dedicated to developers and testers as well as project managers and architects. It reduces costs in debugging efforts, speeds up the time to market of software and reduces inconsistencies in software development. It creates transparency and rapid comprehension of complex software systems for existing and new team members.

About Software Diagnostics

BB TestAssistant adds movie watermarks

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:29:00 GMT

Expert player in BB TestAssistant.

Version 3.0 also adds record-time note taking and thumbnail navigation of significant movie events.

BB TestAssistant is a screen recording application allowing software testers to report bugs in a visual movie, making bug reporting clearer and faster. Features include automatic capturing of PC information, detailed key logging, API support, rolling record mode, error detection, annotation tools and more. The developer does not require the application to be installed in order to view the movie problem report. Saves hours of communication time during software testing.

Updates in V3.0

Record-time note taking
Watermark images can be added to movies
Log files and the Windows Event log can be imported into the movie and viewed in the Player in sync with movie frames
Records only selected processes
Automatically starts recording when selected users log on to Windows
Thumbnail navigation of significant events in the movie
Integration with TAC and Jira defect tracking systems
Automatic pausing when the PC is inactive
Low frame rate and reduced color depth options to reduce file size
Export notes and significant frames to MS Word document

About Blueberry Consultants

Blueberry Consultants is an innovative software publishing company based in the United Kingdom. Its goal is to design software that makes advanced technology easy to use and create tools that really improve the way you work. Blueberry began in 1997 as Blueberry Consultants, a bespoke development company producing tailor-made software projects. After a number of years of success and growth, it was decided a new division of the company should be formed using our strong technical skills to build quality software products. In summer 2003, Blueberry Software was created and released the first version of BB Flashback.

TestAdvantage adds Backstage testing

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:16:00 GMT

Role selection in Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms.

TestAdvantage for Windows Forms for HP QuickTest Professional software 2010 Vol 3 now tests Application Menu 2010.

Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms (for HP QuickTest Professional software) is a collection of Custom Libraries built using HP QuickTest Professional .NET addin extensibility. Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms (for HP QuickTest Professional) enables automated testing of the presentation layer, allowing developers to fully regression test Windows Forms applications with user interfaces developed using Infragistics NetAdvantage. It allows development teams to effortlessly extend the regression testing process to the presentation layer. You can quickly record and replay script commands for Windows Forms applications built using NetAdvantage instead of using generic mouse coordinates.

Updates in 2010 Volume 3

WinToolbars UI Testing - Enhanced!

New testing support for Application Menu 2010 (also referred to as "Backstage" view) in the Office 2010 ribbon through:

RibbonApplicationMenuDropDown
RibbonApplicationMenuCloseup
tbmgrAppMenu2010 constant on QTPToolRegion enumeration
PerformToolAction replaces 73 different recorded actions with one! It performs actions on a tool based on its region, path and tool ID.
RibbonApplicationMenuClouseUp behaves like a click on a ScenicApplicationMenuButton or ApplicationMenuButton.
New QTPToolAction enumeration condenses 8 different actions into one for more concise and comprehensible test scripts.

WinGrid UI Testing - Enhanced!

Increased support for testing appearance properties on rows and cells with two new replayable actions:

GetRowAppearance
GetCellAppearance

Both of these actions use a new QTPAppearanceProperty enumeration that lets you request the current value of any Appearance property.

Version-Free Assemblies - NEW!

Version-free assemblies in TestAdvantage enable you to test the exact same bits you are deploying for your application when it is taking advantage of the convenience provided by version-free assembly naming in NetAdvantage for Windows Forms.
You can use this version-free assembly support to test applications which use NetAdvantage Windows Forms 2010 Volume 3 or 2010 Volume 2 controls, provided the application under test uses version-free assemblies.

About Infragistics

TestAdvantage adds Ribbon UI testing

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:16:00 GMT

Role selection in Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms.

Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms for IBM Rational Functional Tester 2010 Volume 3 also tests Backstage view.

Updates in 2010 Volume 3

Office 2010 Ribbon UI Testing - NEW!

New testing scenarios like pinning the ribbon have been added to the UltraToolbarsDockAreaProxy with the AtLocation("RibbonPinButton") subitem.

Application Menu 2010 UI Testing - NEW!

UltraToolbarsDockAreaProxy adds testing support for Application Menu 2010 (also referred to as "Backstage" view):
AtLocation("ApplicationMenuButton") now covers the new AppMenu2010 button.
Tools clicked on Application Menu 2010 record their tool path with a root location of "[Backstage]".
New verification point for Ribbon Application Menu 2010.
Other verification points have been updated with "ApplicationMenu2010" or "ApplicationMenu" values depending on the ribbon's current setting.

Version-Free Assemblies - NEW!

Version-free assemblies in TestAdvantage enable you to test the exact same bits you are deploying for your application when it is taking advantage of the convenience provided by version-free assembly naming in NetAdvantage for Windows Forms.
You can use this version-free assembly support to test applications which use NetAdvantage Windows Forms 2010 Volume 3 or 2010 Volume 2 controls, provided the application under test uses version-free assemblies.

About Infragistics

CodeSite supports RAD Studio XE

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:08:00 GMT

The CodeSite Live Viewer window displaying an Order Processing system.

CodeSite 4.6.2 adds support for Embarcadero RAD Studio XE including Delphi XE, C++Builder XE and Delphi Prism XE.

CodeSite is an add-in for Borland Delphi and C++Builder that enables you to send detailed information (including string lists, objects, even bitmaps) from within your application code to a specialized receiver. Unlike message boxes and inspecting variables on breakpoints, CodeSite messages are not transient. The resulting log of messages sent to a destination provides valuable information for locating problem areas in your code.

Updates in V4.6.2

CodeSite 4.6.2 adds support for Embarcadero RAD Studio XE including Delphi XE, C++Builder XE, and Delphi Prism XE.
Delphi 5, Delphi 6, C++Builder 5 and C++Builder 6 are no longer supported. (if you require support for these older versions you will need to use V4.6.1)

About Raize Software

Raize Software has been providing high-quality, innovative developer tools since 1995. For over five years, developers have relied on Raize Components and DropMaster to build sophisticated user-interfaces in less time with less effort. In 1998, Raize Software changed the face of debugging with the release of CodeSite. Today, developers all over the world rely on CodeSite's logging capabilities to locate and isolate problem areas in their code. CodeSite is quickly becoming the logging tool of choice for debugging, testing, and end user logging - other publishers are even using CodeSite for capturing logging information.

.NET Reflector Pro supports .NET 4.0

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:14:00 GMT

Choosing assemblies to debug with .NET Reflector Pro.

Version 6.5 adds .NET 4.0 assemblies and support for the C# 4.0 and VB 10 language enhancements.

.NET Reflector Pro is also available as part of Red Gate .NET Developer Bundle.

Updates in V6.5

.NET 4.0 assemblies and support for the C# 4.0 and VB 10 language enhancements
Opening assemblies from the Global Assembly Cache

About Red Gate Software

Test Design Studio now available

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:12:00 GMT

Viewing a VBScript file in Test Design Studio.

New ComponentSource partner Patterson Consulting offers a powerful IDE for QuickTest Professional.

Test Design Studio serves as an integrated development environment (IDE) for QuickTest Professional scripts, VBScript files, Quality Center workflow scripts, WinRunner scripts, and GUI Map Files. It includes extensive support for Quality Center which assures tight integration with the tools you use. Test Design Studio treats automation as a programming activity. Test Design Studio's rich integrated development environment allows automation engineers to reach new levels of productivity.

Features

Test Design Studio Real-time Syntax Checking and Static Language Analysis
Test Design Studio identifies syntax errors in real time as you type. All errors are underlined in the editor so that you can quickly identify the problems and fix them. QuickTest Professional performs syntax checking when you save a file or think to kick it off manually, but Test Design Studio is constantly analyzing your syntax for immediate feedback. Other errors are typically not revealed by QuickTest Professional until you try to execute your tests because they are syntactically correct. These are the most time-consuming errors to fix because it is only during execution that you discover many silly mistakes. Oversights like declaring the same variable more than once because you copied/pasted code, forgetting to declare variables when 'Option Explicit' is used, or mistyping the name of a function/variable. When these issues are discovered at run-time, it usually means a significant loss of productivity. Tests have to be re-executed and application state must be restored. Test Design Studio analyzes your code for many common errors and warns you about other potential logical errors. These issues are identified during design at the time of creation, not later when the code is actually executed and potential time has passed since the developer's mind was fresh.
Test Design Studio Full-featured IntelliSense
Test Design Studio offers a feature-rich and complete IntelliSense experience to bring more of the information you need right to the screen.
Test Design Studio Code Metrics
Code Metrics are a useful tool implemented by Test Design Studio to provide an objective analysis of the complexity of your code. Higher code complexity typically leads to higher defect rates and decreased maintainability. The following metric values are calculated for major language elements including entire tests, class declarations, functions, and properties:
- Cyclomatic Complexity - measures the number of paths through your code. Inclusion of branch and loop statements (like 'If' and 'For') increases the number of paths.
- Lines of Code - counts the number of executable lines (ignores whitespace and comments).
- Halstead Metrics - (calculated behind the scenes) measures the vocabulary of your code by counting unique and total instances of operators and operands.
- Maintainability Index - all of the above metrics are used to calculate a maintainability index between 0 and 100. Values of 0-9 indicate high maintenance, 10-19 moderate maintenance, and 20-100 are low maintenance.
Test engineers can quickly locate code that might be hard to maintain or overly complex. Taking time to refactor the code can result in fewer errors and improved maintainability.
Test Design Studio Error List Tool Window
All the errors and warnings generated by syntax checking and language analysis are aggregated into a single view for your entire project. The Error List tool window allows you to quickly see which errors or warnings need to be addressed.
Test Design Studio Documenter
You can build detailed HTML Help Files or web-based documentation for your projects. Specifically, this tool is an excellent resource for defining the contents of publicly available function libraries used in typical automation projects. With documentation in-hand, your users have access to the information they need to be fast and efficient when working with the libraries.

About Patterson Consulting

Patterson Consulting, LLC was originally founded in 2001 by Boyd Patterson as Patterson Consulting Services and is located in the greater Nashville area of Tennessee. The company's primary focus is to provide products and services that will enhance the automated testing experience of HP automation customers (formerly Mercury). Since forming, the company has focused on providing solutions that fill the functionality gap in existing Mercury/HP products. In an environment where many companies fail to realize the full benefits of automation, Patterson Consulting provides the tools you need to turn your investment into a true success. The company has a customer-driven approach to the features and functionality found in its software. It welcomes the ideas of its end users and actively engages them to determine their needs. The end result is a tool that feels like it was designed just for you.

Test the WinTimeSpanEditor UI

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:26:00 GMT

Role selection in Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms.

Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms adds new recordable actions to improve time span editor UI test automation.

Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms (for HP QuickTest Professional software) is a collection of Custom Libraries built using HP QuickTest Professional .NET add-in extensibility. It enables automated testing of the presentation layer, allowing developers to fully regression test Windows Forms applications with user interfaces developed using Infragistics NetAdvantage. It allows development teams to effortlessly extend the regression testing process to the presentation layer. You can quickly record and replay script commands for Windows Forms applications built using NetAdvantage instead of using generic mouse coordinates.

Updates in 2010 Volume 2

WinTimeSpanEditor UI Testing
Adds new recordable actions that improve user interface test automation for the time span editor:

SpinUp
SpinDown
Set
Clear
RightClick
EditorButtonClick
EditorButtonCheck
EditorSpinButtonClick
EditorButtonDropDown
EditorButtonCloseUp

Adds new replay-only actions to allow you to finally set and manipulate the user interface of the time span editor:

SetFocus
SetCaretPos
SetSelection

About Infragistics

Test the WinFormManager UI

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:10:00 GMT

Role selection in Infragistics TestAdvantage for Windows Forms.

TestAdvantage for Windows Forms (for IBM Rational Functional Tester) now tests WinTimeSpanEditor and WinFormManager UIs.

Updates in 2010 Volume 2

WinTimeSpanEditor UI Testing - NEW
New UltraTimeSpanEditorProxy enables you to test spin button-editing of the TimeSpan value, plus clicks and drags from anywhere on the editor or one of its editor buttons.
WinFormManager UI Testing - NEW
New UltraFormDockAreaProxy supports testing the dock area control that styles the appearance of your enhanced Forms and Dialogs.
Adds support for performing Move and Resize actions on these Forms.
Understands parent-child dialog nesting through the use of AtList(...), and recognizes numerous form-specific locations
Drop Down UI Testing - Enhanced
New DropDownResizeControlProxy enables testing of the new resize handle dragging feature in the following user interface controls as a DragToScreenPoint action: WinCombo, WinComboEditor, WinDropDown, WinPopupControlContainer

About Infragistics

Performance Profiler for Silverlight 4

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:39:00 GMT

Viewing processor time and line level timings with ANTS Performance Profiler.

Red Gate Software's ANTS Performance Profiler V6.0 adds support for Silverlight 4.

ANTS Performance Profiler is a tool for profiling applications written in any of the languages supported by the .NET framework. It can profile all .NET applications, including ASP.NET Web applications, Windows Services and COM+ applications. ANTS Performance Profiler will identify performance bottlenecks within minutes, is fast and responsive with minimal impact on the execution of your program. It provides line-level timing so you can drill down to the specific lines of code responsible for performance inefficiencies. ANTS Performance Profiler is available as a standalone tool or as part of the Red Gate .NET Developer Bundle.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 6.0

Silverlight 4 support
Attach to a running process
SQL and I/O profiling - Pro edition only
Command line access - Pro edition only

About Red Gate Software

YouTrack gains customization features

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:43:00 GMT

A list of bugs displayed in the Web-based YouTrack interface.

Version 2.0 adds custom issue attributes, Create Issue bookmarklet, attachment preview and user visualization.

YouTrack is a keyboard-centric bug and issue tracker Web application. YouTrack includes extensive keyboard support to create, edit, and navigate between issues - all major actions have easy-to-learn shortcuts. YouTrack lets you search for issues by typing queries in the search box using query completion and you can also modify multiple issues at once using the Command window. YouTrack is distributed as either a JAR or a WAR file, ready to run as a standalone Java process or to be deployed at any of today's popular application servers, including Apache Tomcat 5+, Apache Geronimo, Mortbay Jetty, Caucho Resin, and JBoss.

Updates in V2.0

Custom Attributes
Want to describe your issue in more detail? YouTrack 2.0 gives you the freedom to define which attributes to use and which type each of them should have. Define your own custom attributes to add additional information about your issue, such as due date, complexity, hardware specifications, operating system, etc. Customize attribute visibility: show certain attributes to everyone or to members of a specific group only. Custom attributes are a true first-class citizen in YouTrack: all the functionality provided for predefined attributes is available for custom attributes as well, including import from JIRA, export to Excel, support in search queries and commands, and administration via REST API.
'Create Issue' Bookmarklet
Why bother opening a new browser tab just to file an issue? With YouTrack 2.0, you can add a "Create Issue" bookmarklet to the bookmarks toolbar in your browser and post new issues while staying exactly where you found them.
YouTrack REST API
YouTrack introduces new functionality that helps you perform various actions programmatically via its RESTful API, you can import issues from your current bug tracking system - for smoother migration to YouTrack. Create, modify, and perform other operations programmatically - so you can seamlessly integrate YouTrack into your environment. For example, via automated issue submission from third-party applications. Manipulate projects, users, groups, roles, issue link types, and custom attributes.
Issue Visibility
YouTrack 2.0 introduces flexible access control by letting you strengthen permissions for individual issues that might contain non-public data. This is very useful for public tracker administration: from now on, if your users sometimes submit data that isn't meant to be public, no need to make the whole project private - just modify permissions on a per-issue level instead.
Attachment Preview
Full attachment preview is now available from the Issue List on mouse over the attachment clip. You no longer need to open a separate window to view an attached screenshot or Flash movie.
User Visualization
To make your communication more effective and personalized, we've added some visual markers to the current user representation. You can now view the current status (online or offline) of any YouTrack user, such as issue reporter, assignee or commenter, right next to his or her user name. Visual association is established between users and groups by adding the group icon to user avatars. By looking at any avatar, you can see exactly which group that user belongs to.

For more information visit:
http://www.jetbrains.com/company/press/pr_260510.html

About JetBrains

JetBrains has a passion for making people more productive through smart software solutions that help them focus more on what they really want to accomplish, and less on mundane, repetitive tasks. As veteran Java developers, JetBrains developers felt bogged down by even the best tools they could find back in 2000, so they set out to build something better. From those first efforts came IntelliJ IDEA, which has been consistently honored with our industry's top awards. Java developers the world over praise IntelliJ IDEA as a highly innovative IDE. Its unprecedented refactoring support, intelligent coding assistance and overall usability have helped thousands of developers to shed much of the traditional drudgery of coding, improve their productivity and code quality and enjoy the craft of programming more.