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Test automation management tools


automation management tools fit Agile Systems Development Life Cycle methodologies. In most cases, test automation covers continuous changes in order to minimize manual regression testing. Changes are usually noted by monitoring test log diffs. For example, differences in the number of failures signal probable changes either in AUT or in test code (broken test code base, instabilities) or in both. Quick notice of changes and unified workflow of results analysis reduces testing costs and increases project quality. Test-driven development utilizes test automation as the primary driver to rapid
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Test automation management tools


Test automation management tools are specific tools that provide a collaborative environment that is intended to make test automation efficient, traceable and clear for stakeholders. Test automation is becoming a cross-discipline (i.e. a mix of both testing and development practices.) Test automation systems usually lack reporting, analysis and meaningful information about project status. Test management systems target manual effort and do not give all the required information. Test automation management systems leverage automation effort towards efficient and continuous processes of delivering test execution and new working tests by: Test
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Test management


of implementing automated tests. Automatic execution requires the test management tool to be compatible with the tests themselves. To do so, test management tools may propose proprietary automation frameworks or APIs to interface with third-party or proprietary automated tests. The ultimate goal of test management tools is to deliver sensitive metrics that will help the QA manager in evaluating the quality of the system under test before releasing. Metrics are generally presented as graphics and tables indicating success rates, progression/regression and much other sensitive data. Eventually, test management
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Test automation management tools


and high-quality software production. Concepts of green line and thoughtful design are supported with tests before actual coding, assuming there are special tools to track and analyze within TDD process. Another test automation practice is continuous integration, which explicitly supposes automated test suites as a final stage upon building, deployment and distributing new versions of software. Based on acceptance of test results, a build is declared either as qualified for further testing or rejected. Dashboards provide relevant information on all stages of software development including test results. However,
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Test management


Test management most commonly refers to the activity of managing the computer software testing process. A test management tool is software used to manage tests (automated or manual) that have been previously specified by a test procedure. It is often associated with automation software. Test management tools often include requirement and/or specification management modules that allow automatic generation of the requirement test matrix (RTM), which is one of the main metrics to indicate functional coverage of a system under test (SUT). Test definition includes: test plan, association
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Test management tool


project teams. Many test management tools incorporate requirements management capabilities to streamline test case design from the requirements. Tracking of defects and project tasks are done within one application to further simplify the testing. Test management tools give teams the ability to consolidate and structure the test process using one test management tool, instead of installing multiple applications that are designed to manage only one step of the process. Test management tools allow teams to manage test case environments, automated tests, defects and project tasks. Some applications include advanced dashboards and detailed
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Test management tool


Test management tools are used to store information on how testing is to be done, plan testing activities and report the status of quality assurance activities. The tools have different approaches to testing and thus have different sets of features. Generally they are used to maintain and plan manual testing, run or gather execution data from automated tests, manage multiple environments and to enter information about found defects. Test management tools offer the prospect of streamlining the testing process and allow quick access to data analysis, collaborative tools and easy communication across multiple
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Release management


” is part of the Continuous Delivery pipeline. Release managers are beginning to utilize tools such as application release automation and continuous integration tools to help advance the process of Continuous Delivery and incorporate a culture of DevOps by automating a task so that it can be done more quickly, reliably, and is repeatable. More software releases have led to increased reliance on release management and automation tools to execute these complex application release processes. While Release Management focuses on the transitions from development to testing and release for a single project or a collection
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Tox (Python testing wrapper)


codice_1 is a command-line driven automated testing tool for Python, based on the use of codice_2. It can be used for both manually-invoked testing from the desktop, or continuous testing within continuous integration frameworks such as Jenkins or Travis CI. Its use began to become popular in the Python community from around 2015. codice_1 acts a wrapper for both virtual environments and test automation tools, to simplify the consistent testing of Python code across a range of environments. It integrates the use of a virtualisation tool, such as
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Software Quality Systems AG


nearly a third of the STOXX 50, and 20% of the FTSE 100 companies in its client base. Another important facet of the company’s business activities is its education division, in particular its courses for the ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualification Board) and ISEB (Information Systems Examination Board), HP Tools Training, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Training and practical and specialist test courses including Agile Testing, Performance Testing, Test Analysis, Test Management and Test Automation. The ‘iqnite’ conference is among the leading quality management
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Tricentis Tosca


Tricentis Tosca is a software testing tool that is used to automate end-to-end testing for software applications. It is developed by Tricentis. Tricentis Tosca combines multiple aspects of software testing (test case design, test automation, test data design and generation, and analytics) to test GUIs and APIs from a business perspective. Two of the most frequently-noted technologies used in Tricentis Tosca are related to Model-based testing and Risk-based testing. Instead of using scripting for test automation, Tricentis Tosca applies a
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AutomatedQA


AutomatedQA Corp. is a software company specializing in automated software testing tools and developer tools. It was founded in 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is currently based in Somerville, Massachusetts. The first product released by AutomatedQA was AQtime, a binary instrumentation profiler to help optimize performance for applications developed with Microsoft and Borland compilers. It was released on November 12, 1999. The first version of TestComplete, AutomatedQA’s automated software testing tool, was released in December, 2000. In 2004, AutomatedQA released Automated Build Studio,
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Probo


Probo is an User Automated Testing tool that provides continuous integration, workflow organization and quality assurance using the same tool for project managers and developers. Probo expands upon the automated testing functionality of many other CI tools by providing a quality assurance environment where users can manually review the look and feel of changes before committing them. Probo was initially developed as a tool for internal use by its parent company, Zivtech, to improve upon the offerings of other CI tools. Once the founders realized that it filled a gap in the industry,
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AscentialTest


Test Planning:" The test plan editor is a tool used to document test requirements in outline or list form. The editor allows the user to link to manual or automated tests so the tests can be run in groups directly from the test plan. "Test Data Management:" Test data tables are created automatically to match the data requirements of tests. Test data is available from a simple query in the type expected by tests. "Automated Testing:" Users build automated test steps by interacting with graphical representations of the
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Test automation


tools, etc. Tools serve as a driving agent for an automation process. However, an automation framework is not a tool to perform a specific task, but rather infrastructure that provides the solution where different tools can do their job in a unified manner. This provides a common platform for the automation engineer. There are various types of frameworks. They are categorized on the basis of the automation component they leverage. These are: Testing tools can help automate tasks such as product installation, test data creation, GUI interaction,
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Specification by example


requires tests based on examples to be automated. A common approach is to automate the tests but keep examples in a form readable and accessible to non-technical and technical team members, keeping the examples as a single source of truth. This process is supported by a class of test automation tools which work with tests divided into two aspects - the specification and the automation layer. The specification of a test which is often in a plain text or HTML form and contains the examples and auxiliary descriptions. The automation layer connects the
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AutomatedQA


tool, with support for functional testing, regression testing, manual testing, unit testing, distributed testing and HTTP performance testing. AQtime: AQtime is a performance profiler and memory allocation debugger for 32- and 64-bit Windows and .NET-connected applications. Automated Build Studio: Automated Build Studio, or ABS, is an automated build and release management system that offers drag and drop macro creation, automated nightly builds and continuous integration. AQtrace: AQtrace is an error reporting and resolution system. AutomatedQA has received an SD Times 100 award three
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IBM cloud computing


and open standards for virtualization. The management layer of the IBM cloud framework includes IBM Tivoli middleware. Management tools provide capabilities to regulate images with automated provisioning and de-provisioning, monitor operations and meter usage while tracking costs and allocating billing. The last layer of the framework provides integrated workload tools. Workloads for cloud computing are services or instances of code that can be executed to meet specific business needs. IBM offers tools for cloud based collaboration, development and test, application development, analytics, business-to-business integration
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Virtual lab automation


Scheduling and reservation functionality allows the resolution of resource conflicts and test environments to be reserved ahead of time. Reporting modules allow users and administrators to manage usage and quotas and determine whether the system resources are being used optimally. Monitoring enables the system health to be diagnosed, including CPU utilization, storage performance and network usage. Automating a test lab almost always involves integrating tools and test processes. An automation API enables teams to automatically create test environments as part of the build process and initiate automated test runs once a new build has
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Test management tool


management process with high levels of automation and tracking built in, yet don't require advanced programming skills or knowledge to implement. They are useful for teams who manage a variety of test cases and for larger teams who need an all-inclusive application for project management. Once a project has kicked off, a test management tool tracks bug status, defects and projects tasks, and allows for collaboration across the team. When administering test cases, users can access a variety of dashboards to gain access to data instantly, making the
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Kainos


customers in the US and Europe to help deliver Workday implementations. Kainos have completed engagements in France, the UK, India, Australia and Canada, and have developed a range of tools, including their product "Kainos Smart". Smart is Kainos's cloud-based automated testing tool for Workday implementations. It was developed to encompass all of the core human capital management (HCM) business process areas as well as integration, payroll processing and reports, making testing a less resource-intensive process. Kainos provides digital services to
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Continuous testing


unavailable dependencies. It can also be used to ensure that data, performance, and behavior is consistent across the various test runs. One reason teams avoid continuous testing is that their infrastructure is not scalable enough to continuously execute the test suite. This problem can be addressed by focusing the tests on the business's priorities, splitting the test base, and parallelizing the testing with application release automation tools. The goal of Continuous Testing is to apply "extreme automation" to stable, production-like test environments. Automation is essential
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AnthillPro


post-build lifecycle. AnthillPro version 3.6 (released in 2008) extended the tool-set to Application lifecycle management (ALM) using centrally-managed automation for build, deploy, and test. This release added integration for numerous third party ALM point solutions, such as artifact repositories, SCM, issue-tracking, test-automation, change management systems and project management systems. Other new features supporting this consolidation included detailed review of historical test results, flexible resource locking, and preflight builds. AnthillPro version 3.7 (released
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CA IT Process Automation Manager


CA Process Automation, also known as "PAM", is a process automation tool from CA Technologies, commonly used to automate and orchestrate IT processes. Upon the release of version 3.0 in 2011, CA Technologies changed the name from CA IT Process Automation Manager to CA Process Automation. It was acquired by CA when they purchased Washington DC based Optinuity where it was known as "Oasis". Unlike other process automation tools, PAM has a fully functional client (known as a Touchpoint). While Microsoft Opalis also has an
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AnalytiX DS


Manager Unified Platform to be ported into third party metadata environments. Data Vault-Code Gen Bundle: Helps automate the code-generation process for building the Data Vault through Code automation Templates (CAT's). Test Manager: Helps Test Cases and Test SQL generation to be managed in a purpose built module for testing data mappings and ETL processes. Recently, AnalytiX DS expanded its presence in the US with the opening of a new office in Dallas. AnalytiX DS has been named to CIO Review's 20 Most PROMISING PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
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Dedicated hosting service


server. Control panels include integration into web servers, database applications, programming languages, application deployment, server administration tasks, and include the ability to automate tasks via a web based front end. Most dedicated servers are packaged with a control panel. Control panels are often confused with management tools, but these control panels are actually web based automation tools created to help automate the process of web site creation and server management. Control panels should not be confused with a full server management solution by a dedicated hosting providers. Many providers
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BuildMaster


BuildMaster is an application release automation tool, designed by the software development team, Inedo. It combines build management and ARA capabilities to manage and automate processes primarily related to continuous integration, database change scripts, and production deployments, overall releasing applications reliably. The tool is browser-based and able to be used “out-of-the-box”. Its feature set and scope puts it in line with the DevOps movement, and is marketed as “more than a release automation tool. It brings together the people
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Microsoft Visual Studio


Users with a Visual Studio subscription can be added to a plan with no additional charge. Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is a collection of integrated software development tools developed by Microsoft. These tools currently consist of the IDE (Visual Studio 2015 Community and greater editions), server (Team Foundation Server), and cloud services (Visual Studio Team Services). Visual Studio ALM supports team-based development and collaboration, Agile project management, DevOps, source control, packaging, continuous development, automated testing, release
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Trustwave Holdings


's various managed security services. Through TrustKeeper businesses can access a variety of Trustwave "apps" ranging from enterprise-class managed security services to PCI compliance automation tools designed to help credit card merchants protect themselves against unauthorized access. Managed Security Testing is an application within TrustKeeper that provides an interactive way to view and track penetration test reports as an alternative to conventional PDF based reports. Earlier versions were called Trustwave PenTest Manager, and it won the 2012 SC Magazine Europe Innovation award. Secure Web Gateway (formerly Finjan): an
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Maveryx


Maveryx is a cross-platform GUI Test Automation Framework developed by Maveryx Srl. This Framework provides functional UI, regression, data-driven, and keyword-driven testing capabilities to test a wide range of Desktop and Web technologies. Maveryx Test Automation Framework allows testing many different GUI technologies (e.g. Java, .NET, HTML5, JavaScript-based Frameworks, etc...). Unlike other testing tools, Maveryx does not need recordings, code instrumentation, GUI Maps or Object Repositories to create and run automated tests. Maveryx is an
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Tricentis


, commerce, insurance, healthcare, telecommunications, logistics and transports, utilities, and software industries. In addition, it provides training and consulting services in the areas of software quality assurance. These services include several tests related to planning, case evaluation and specification, automation and management. Tricentis' main product is Tricentis Tosca, a continuous testing tool that combines multiple aspects of software testing (test case design, test automation, test data design and generation, and analytics) to test GUIs and APIs from a business perspective.
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Agile testing


speed-up the release of feedback making sure. Most teams look for collaboration features, automated or customized reporting and finding ways to avoid repeated efforts. Choosing the right tool will depend on the requirements of each team. Pairing up with other Agile Lifecycle Development Tools, Agile testing tools can deliver effective results by coexisting in integrated environments. Such is the case for Atlassian Marketplace and Microsoft Visual Studio. Some test management tools support Agile testing by getting teams involved earlier in the SDLC to continuously build test scenarios as stories evolve.
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Test automation


system events. Headless browsers or solutions based on Selenium Web Driver are normally used for this purpose. Another variation of this type of test automation tool is for testing mobile applications. This is very useful given the number of different sizes, resolutions, and operating systems used on mobile phones. For this variation, a framework is used in order to instantiate actions on the mobile device and to gather results of the actions. Another variation is script-less test automation that does not use record and playback, but instead builds a
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Web service


Management (AWSCM), by performing the selection of the relevant test cases to construct a reduced test suite from the old test suite. Web services testing can also be automated using several test automation tools like SOAP UI, Oracle Application Testing Suite (OATS), Unified Functional Testing, Selenium, etc. Work related to the capture and visualization of changes made to a Web service. Visualization and computation of changes can be done in the form of intermediate artifacts (Subset WSDL). The insight on the computation of change impact
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Software Quality Systems AG


form part of a consultancy concept that covers the entire software lifecycle. Further SQS services include managed testing services, management services for the long-term outsourcing, offshoring and homeshoring of software tests, tool solutions and high end engineering in test systems and embedded systems. The company particularly focuses on the following activities: test management, test environment analysis, internet and web testing, SAP system testing, test asset management, health checks, performance and load tests and test automation. By taking on the role of an independent quality manager
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AnalytiX DS


across an enterprise. Customizable Code-Automation Framework (CATfX): Helps automate manual coding and tasks for ETL integration and data profiling, Testing Automation and more. LiteSpeed Conversion: Helps automate the conversion of ETL tool platforms through an automated framework. Code automation Templates for Data Vault: Helps automatically generate the Hub ETL code, Link ETL code and the Satellite ETL code through your existing ETL Platform. Data Quality Assessment Manager(DQAM): Helps standardize and execute a formal data quality assessment methodology. Metadata Management: Helps metadata in Mapping
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Ranorex Studio


Ranorex Studio is a GUI test automation framework provided by Ranorex GmbH, a software development company. The framework is used for the testing of desktop, web-based and mobile applications. Ranorex Studio supports development of automated test modules using standard programming languages such as C# and VB.NET. Ranorex Studio runs on Microsoft Windows and Windows Server. In a 2018 review by Forrester Research of 15 omnichannel functional test automation tools including Ranorex Studio 8.1.1, Ranorex was ranked as having the weakest current offering and the second-weakest strategy, scoring
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Rational Functional Tester


Rational Functional Tester is a tool for automated testing of software applications from the Rational Software division of IBM. It allows users to create tests that mimic the actions and assessments of a human tester. It is primarily used by Software Quality Assurance teams to perform automated regression testing. Rational Functional Tester is a software test automation tool used by quality assurance teams to perform automated regression testing. Testers create scripts by using a test recorder which captures a user's actions against their application under test. The recording mechanism creates a test script from
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Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality


Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality is a tool for automated functional testing of web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA) software components from the Rational Software division of IBM. It is primarily used by Software Quality Assurance teams to perform automated regression testing of web services. IBM Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality is a tool for ensuring the quality of service-oriented architecture (SOA) based applications. Using Rational Service Tester for SOA Quality, users can interact with one or several services under test via a graphical user interface
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IBM TPNS


Teleprocessing Network Simulator (TPNS) is an IBM licensed program, first released in 1976 as a test automation tool to simulate one or many network terminal(s) to a mainframe computer system, for functional testing, regression testing, system testing, capacity management, benchmarking and stress testing. In 2002, IBM re-packaged TPNS and released Workload Simulator for z/OS and S/390 (WSim) as a successor product. In addition to its use as a test tool exchanging message traffic with a system under test, TPNS/Wsim
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Voice-based marketing automation


Voice-based marketing automation (VBMA) refers to software platforms designed for marketing, sales, and support departments to measure, manage, and automate their phone conversations. Marketing departments, sales teams, and support agents use VBMA to initiate, manage, monitor, track, route, record, and report on sales and support phone conversations. VBMA encompasses a wide range of automation and analytics tools. It is used as a standalone solution and as a way to complement the functionality found in traditional marketing automation software. Voice-
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Unit testing


other design methods: The design document (the unit-tests themselves) can itself be used to verify the implementation. The tests will never pass unless the developer implements a solution according to the design. Unit testing lacks some of the accessibility of a diagrammatic specification such as a UML diagram, but they may be generated from the unit test using automated tools. Most modern languages have free tools (usually available as extensions to IDEs). Free tools, like those based on the xUnit framework, outsource to another system the
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Infrastructure as code


capabilities and use IaC. Broadly speaking, any framework or tool that performs changes or configures infrastructure declaratively or imperatively based on a programmatic approach can be considered IaC. Traditionally, server (lifecycle) automation and configuration management tools were used to accomplish IaC. Now enterprises are also using continuous configuration automation tools or stand-alone IaC frameworks, such as Microsoft’s PowerShell DSC or AWS CloudFormation. All continuous configuration automation (CCA) tools can be thought of as an extension of traditional IaC frameworks. They leverage IaC to change, configure, and
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Screenster


Screenster is a cloud-based platform for UI testing automation. It is primarily used for visual regression testing of web applications and websites. The platform is developed and maintained by AgileEngine LLC. Screenster was developed in 2014. Unlike code-based solutions that use programming languages (e.g. Selenium or PhantomJS), Screenster operates as a scriptless/codeless tool. Instead of simulating user actions with scripts, Screenster offers record-playback test automation functionality, which means the platform records actual user interactions with the GUI. The recorded actions are
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HP CloudSystem


about the impact of cloud computing to company culture. The opportunities and risks of cloud computing are also discussed. The roadmap service is offered as an addition to the discovery workshop. It aims to help organizations plan and adopt cloud computing. CloudSystem includes HP Cloud Service Automation Software, a set of system management tools used to provide and manage the lifecycle of IT services. That is done in an automated way. Cloud Service Automation Software is based on technology from a company acquired by HP in 2007 called Opsware. The tools that
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Viavi Solutions


its CellAdvisor Base Station Analyzer to allow baseband testing during tower installation, in order to reduce the number of tower climbs and improve safety. The company also announced the GEOson network automation and management tool for 4G and 5G network testing, developed with technology from earlier acquisitions of networking companies Reverb Networks and Arieso. In March 2016, the company announced it had added a fully DOCSIS 3.1 (D3.1)-compliant signal meter to its OneExpert CATV Signal Analysis Meter, allowing service providers to test D3.1 signals in the field. Also in March
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Requirements management


permits a controlled discussion of scope change. While many organizations still use only documents to manage requirements, others manage their requirements baselines using software tools. These tools allow requirements to be managed in a database, and usually have functions to automate traceability (e.g., by allowing electronic links to be created between parent and child requirements, or between test cases and requirements), electronic baseline creation, version control, and change management. Usually such tools contain an export function that allows a specification document to be created by exporting the requirements
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HP Client Automation Software


Radia Client Automation software is an end-user device (PC and mobile device) lifecycle management tool for automating routine client-management tasks such as operating system deployments and upgrades, patch management, application software deployment, application use monitoring, security, compliance, and remote system management. In February 2013, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Persistent Systems, Inc. agreed to an exclusive license for Persistent to access the HP Client Automation technology. Persistent is now developing the Radia Client Automation product line, based on the original HP
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Packers Plus Energy Services


semi-automated manufacturing centre in Edmonton, Alberta. It features automated assembly robots capable of building upwards of 600 tools per day and automated torque and test cells designed to test tools up to 10,000 psi. Packers Plus has also built a Rapid Tool Development facility in Edmonton, Alberta which houses its engineering, research and development and testing personnel. In addition, Packers Plus also has a Manufacturing Facility, Rapid Tool Development, Technology Centre and Corporate Office in Houston, Texas. The company has operations in Canada, the U.S. and
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Viavi Solutions


for optical network elements designed to carry 100G, 400G and other high-speed optical network technologies. The group also produces the Xgig 1000, a lab-based tester for iSCSI and Fibre Channel protocols used with Storage Area Networks. The SE segment provides systems and services for broadband/IP network operators and data centers. EtherASSURE is Ethernet equipment for testing physical and virtual networks. xSIGHT is a customer service tool for mobile operators, for scaling and monitoring wireless technologies such as 4G. The GEOson network automation and management tool
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SmartBear Software


testing, monitoring, code collaboration, and code optimization, and two open-source tools: SoapUI and Swagger. For API readiness, SmartBear's products include SoapUI Pro for API functional testing, Secure Pro for API security testing, LoadUI Pro for API load testing, and SwaggerHub, a Swagger-based API editor. SmartBear's software testing tools include TestComplete for automated testing, LoadComplete for load testing, TestLeft for functional testing, and CrossBrowserTesting, a cloud testing platform. For monitoring, AlertSite is SmartBear's application quality and
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Continuous testing


automation tools. Gartner evaluated 9 tools that met their criteria for enterprise-grade test automation tools. The evaluation involved inquiries with Gartner clients, surveys of tool users, vendor responses to Gartner questions, vendor product demonstrations. Gartner required tools to support native Windows desktop application testing and Android or iOS testing support as well as support 3 of the following: responsive web applications, mobile applications, package applications, API/web services. The results of the 2016 Magic Quadrant research are: Forrester Research evaluated 11 tools that met their
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Sales force management system


Several tools can aid in automating sales activities. The largest vendors are Salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, SAP AG and Oracle Many sales managers are always on the go. The growth of smartphones has reignited the creation of mobile sales force automation systems. Most companies IT departments are aware that adopting new abilities requires extensive testing. Despite the time needed to test such a new product, it will pay off in the future for the sales department. Smartphones appeal to salespeople because they are easy to carry and easy to use, show
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Test automation


. Test automation tools can be expensive and are usually employed in combination with manual testing. Test automation can be made cost-effective in the long term, especially when used repeatedly in regression testing. A good candidate for test automation is a test case for common flow of an application, as it is required to be executed (regression testing) every time an enhancement is made in the application. Test automation reduces the effort associated with manual testing. Manual effort is needed to develop and maintain automated checks, as well as
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Ideal Financial Solutions Inc.


Ideal Financial Solutions, Inc. uses its automated CashFlow Management(C) tools and its Credit to Wealth Systems to assist individuals, families and small businesses in building financial independence. Users also can access financial education, support and automated tools to create additional cash resources, rapidly eliminate all non-asset-building debt and build financial independence. The company provides a suite of online, subscription based software solutions for debt elimination, cash management, bill payment, and wealth creation. Ideal Financial Solutions, Inc. offers the CashFlow Management Tool, which
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ECU-TEST


ECU-TEST is a software tool developed by TraceTronic GmbH, based in Dresden, Germany, for test and validation of embedded systems. Since the first release of ECU-TEST in 2003, the software is used as standard tool in the development of automotive ECUs and increasingly in the development of heavy machinery as well as in factory automation. The development of the software started within a research project on systematic testing of control units and laid the foundation for the spin-off of TraceTronic GmbH from TU Dresden. ECU-TEST
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Probo


they expanded it into a separate offering as a better way to automate the process, involve clients and project managers in the earliest stages, and reduce the cycle of testing and approval. Probo (by definition: demonstrate, test, approve) is an open source tool that has been built to work with Drupal, integrates into GitHub and posts statuses of the builds to GitHub PR. The tool itself is written in Node.js and powered by Docker. Probo was the first CI tool to provide a quality assurance environment where users can
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Test automation


scripting used during test automation has effect on costs. Various framework/scripting techniques are generally used: The Testing framework is responsible for: Test automation interface are platforms that provide a single workspace for incorporating multiple testing tools and frameworks for System/Integration testing of application under test. The goal of Test Automation Interface is to simplify the process of mapping tests to business criteria without coding coming in the way of the process. Test automation interface are expected to improve the efficiency and flexibility of maintaining test scripts. Test Automation Interface consists
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Virsa Systems


Virsa Systems was a California-based compliance software maker. It now forms the Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) vertical of SAP Labs. Virsa Systems was founded by Jasvir Gill, a software engineer based in Silicon Valley. The Virsa tool was substantially based on a tool developed by PricewaterhouseCoopers, known as SAFE, which was purchased by Virsa in December 2004. The SAFE tool was a preventative, automated tool developed to control the granting and management of access within SAP. On 3 April 2006, SAP AG
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QF-Test


QF-Test from Quality First Software is a cross-platform software tool for the GUI test automation specialized on Java/Swing, SWT, Eclipse plug-ins and RCP applications, Java applets, Java Web Start, ULC and cross-browser test automation of static and dynamic web-based applications (HTML and AJAX frameworks like ExtJS, GWT, GXT, RAP, Qooxdoo, RichFaces, Vaadin, PrimeFaces, ICEfaces and ZK). Version 4.0 added Windows support for the Web browser Chrome, support for JavaFX and the
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Software testing controversies


, recommend automating 100% of all tests. A challenge with automation is that automated testing requires automated test oracles (an oracle is a mechanism or principle by which a problem in the software can be recognized). Such tools have value in load testing software (by signing on to an application with hundreds or thousands of instances simultaneously), or in checking for intermittent errors in software. The success of automated software testing depends on complete and comprehensive test planning. Software development strategies such as test-driven development are highly compatible
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Reductio


Reductio is open source software written using the Java Programming Language from an idea that originated in a research paper called "QuickCheck: A Lightweight Tool for Random Testing of Haskell Programs". Reductio and QuickCheck utilise a testing technique called Automated Specification-based Testing. The primary objective of Reductio is to make testing as rigorous as possible, while alleviating developer effort through automation of many common testing tasks. Reductio includes usage examples that demonstrate how this objective has been met using both traditional Java 1.5 and Java 7 BGGA syntax as well as
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Rational Performance Tester


Rational Performance Tester is a tool for automated performance testing of web- and server-based applications from the Rational Software division of IBM. It allows users to create tests that mimic user transactions between an application client and server. During test execution, these transactions are replicated in parallel to simulate a large transaction load on the server. Server response time measurements are collected to identify the presence and cause of any potential application bottlenecks. It is primarily used by Software Quality Assurance teams to perform automated software performance testing. Rational Performance Tester (
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Automated bid managers


Automated bid managers (ABMs) are advertising tools used to manage budgets on pay per click (PPC) campaigns. ABMs allow users to prioritize keywords listings and bids. Many ABMs have timestamp controls as well position monitors. ABMs are designed to allow a user either to maintain a certain position on a PPC list or to keep to a specific budget. ABMs come in a variety of formats and can be customized to meet the scale of an application. Microsoft is in beta testing with an ABM that imports and exports directly to
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WET Web Tester


WET Web Tester is a web testing tool that drives an IE Browser directly and so the automated testing done is equivalent to how a user would drive the web pages. The tool allows a user to perform all the operations required for testing web applicationslike automatically clicking a link, entering text in a text field, clicking a button etc. One may also perform various checks as a part of the testing process by using Checkpoints. The latest version of WET is 1.0.0. WET sits on top of Watir, an automated test tool
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RTTS


application testing, security testing and service virtualization. Real-Time Technology Solutions, Inc. (RTTS) was founded in New York in 1996. RTTS began by supporting test automation tools from SQA, Inc., a Boston-based publicly traded firm that specialized in the relatively new field of automated software quality (ASQ). In 1997, Rational Software, Inc., a Cupertino, California, firm specializing in products that model and aid in software development, acquired SQA, Inc. RTTS joined the Rational value-added reseller (VAR
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Heart rate variability


. To ensure accurate results therefore it is critical to manage artifact and RR errors appropriately prior to performing any HRV analyses. Robust management of artifacts, including RWave identification, interpolation and exclusion requires a high degree of care and precision. This can be very time consuming in large studies with data recorded over long durations. Software packages are able to assist users with a variety of robust and tested artifact management tools. These software programs also include some automated capability but it is important that a human review any automated artifact management and edit
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OpenStack


(Horizon) provides administrators and users with a graphical interface to access, provision, and automate deployment of cloud-based resources. The design accommodates third party products and services, such as billing, monitoring, and additional management tools. The dashboard is also brand-able for service providers and other commercial vendors who want to make use of it. The dashboard is one of several ways users can interact with OpenStack resources. Developers can automate access or build tools to manage resources using the native OpenStack API or the EC2 compatibility
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ECU-TEST


aims at the specification, implementation, documentation, execution and assessment of test cases. Owing to various test automation methods, the tool ensures an efficient implementation of all necessary activities for the creation, execution and assessment of test cases. ECU-TEST automates the control of the whole test environment and supports a broad range of test tools. Various abstraction layers for measured quantities allow its application on different testing levels, e.g. within the context of model in the loop, software in the loop and hardware in the loop as well as
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Test automation


of the following core modules: Interface engines are built on top of Interface Environment. Interface engine consists of a parser and a test runner. The parser is present to parse the object files coming from the object repository into the test specific scripting language. The test runner executes the test scripts using a test harness. Object repositories are a collection of UI/Application object data recorded by the testing tool while exploring the application under test. Tools are specifically designed to target some particular test environment, such as Windows and web automation
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Behavior-driven development


teams with shared tools and a shared process to collaborate on software development. Although BDD is principally an idea about how software development should be managed by both business interests and technical insight, the practice of BDD does assume the use of specialized software tools to support the development process. Although these tools are often developed specifically for use in BDD projects, they can be seen as specialized forms of the tooling that supports test-driven development. The tools serve to add automation to the ubiquitous language that is a central theme of BDD
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Computaris


the area of convergent billing, messaging, SDP, VAS, provisioning, mediation, rating and charging, service management, mobile commerce, mobile payment systems, IN (SCP and IN Protocols), Next generation services, policy management, Business Intelligence and integration with GSM network elements (MSC, HLR, VLR, GGSN etc.). In the field of telecom quality assurance, Computaris has developed a testing automation tool for end-to-end testing, evaluation and validation of telecom services - TOP Testing Suite. The
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Regression testing


subsequent changes to the program. Although this may be done through manual testing procedures using programming techniques, it is often done using automated testing tools. Such a test suite contains software tools that allow the testing environment to execute all the regression test cases automatically; some projects even set up automated systems to re-run all regression tests at specified intervals and report any failures (which could imply a regression or an out-of-date test). Common strategies are to run such a system after every successful compile (for
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Smoke testing (software)


more extensive test suites, which would naturally take much longer. A daily build and smoke test is among industry best practices. Smoke testing is also done by testers before accepting a build for further testing. Microsoft claims that after code reviews, ""smoke testing" is the most cost-effective method for identifying and fixing defects in software". One can perform smoke tests either manually or using an automated tool. In the case of automated tools, the process that generates the build will often initiate the testing. Smoke
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IBM Operational Decision Management


. "Business Console", for collaboratively working with business rules. "Enterprise Console". This consists of the runtime components for business rules and business events. This provides a group of tools for construction and running of rules and automated decisions. Various components give access for different types of users, allowing the design, authoring, review, testing and running of business rules. This includes the Rules Designer, an Eclipse-based application for developing applications in Decision Server Rules. This provides an integrated set of components for running
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Rational Performance Tester


RPT) is a performance test automation tool used to measure web and server-based application scalability. Using RPT, quality assurance teams can subject a web application or server to a large volume of transactions for the purpose of measuring the server response times. Lengthy response times are considered application bottlenecks, and information regarding these bottlenecks is typically passed along to application developers to correct, in an effort to decrease system response time. RPT is an Eclipse based performance test tool. The following is an overview of the process of system performance
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ATS Automation Tooling Systems


ATS Automation Tooling Systems is a Cambridge, Ontario based Canadian company that designs and builds factory automation systems. It is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. ATS was founded by Klaus Woerner in 1978. Woerner, who immigrated to Canada from Germany in 1974, ran the company until his death in 2005, overseeing significant growth. In 2007, ATS pulled the planned IPO of its solar division, Photowatt. Partially as a result of this, two hedge funds, Goodwood and Mason Capital Management, led a proxy fight against the
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HP QuickTest Professional


, users may need to manipulate the underlying VBScript. Although HPE Unified Functional Testing is usually used for "UI based" Test Case automation, it also can automate some "non-UI" based test cases, such as file system operations, database testing or Web services testing. HPE Unified Functional Testing manages exception handling using recovery scenarios; the goal is to continue running tests if an unexpected failure occurs. Because HPE Unified Functional Testing hooks into the memory space of the applications being tested, some exceptions may cause HPE Unified
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Build automation


Build automation is the process of automating the creation of a software build and the associated processes including: compiling computer source code into binary code, packaging binary code, and running automated tests. Historically, build automation was accomplished through makefiles. Today, there are two general categories of tools: Depending on the level of automation the following classification is possible: A software list for each can be found in list of build automation software. Build-automation utilities allow the automation of simple, repeatable tasks. When using the tool,
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Capybara (software)


Capybara is a web-based test automation software that simulates scenarios for user stories and automates web application testing for behavior-driven software development. It is written in the Ruby programming language. Capybara can mimic actions of real users interacting with web-based applications. It can receive pages, parse the HTML and submit forms. During the software development process (especially in the Agile and Test-driven Development environments), as the size of the tests increase, it becomes difficult to manage tests which are complex and not modular
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Robotic process automation


perform the automation by repeating those tasks directly in the GUI. This can lower the barrier to use of automation in products that might not otherwise feature APIs for this purpose. RPA tools have strong technical similarities to graphical user interface testing tools. These tools also automate interactions with the GUI, and often do so by repeating a set of demonstration actions performed by a user. RPA tools differ from such systems including features that allow data to be handled in and between multiple applications, for instance, receiving email containing an invoice,
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Mix (build tool)


Mix is a build automation tool for working with applications written in the Elixir programming language. Mix was created in 2012 by José Valim, member of the Ruby on Rails Core Team. It provides functionality for creating, compiling, and testing Elixir source code and for managing dependencies and deploying Elixir applications. Mix developed from the Ruby ecosystem, and performs functions similar to Rake, RubyGems, and Bundler. Mix provides tasks to create, clean, build, compile, run, and test Elixir applications. For example, Mix may
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SOAtest


in the Forrester Research's The Forrester Wave™: Modern Application Functional Test Automation Tools, Q4 2016, which evaluated 9 functional test automation tool vendors across 40 criteria. Forrester Research gave SOAtest the highest score among all vendors in the Current Offering category, citing its strength in API testing, UI automation, and key integrations. It also part of the solution recognized as "innovation and technology leader" in Voke's service virtualization market mover array. SOAtest was recognized as a leader by Forrester in the 2018 Forrester Wave Omnichannel Functional
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Schema migration


testing practice, schema migrations can be performed on test databases to ensure that their schema is compatible to the source code. To streamline this process, a schema migration tool is usually invoked as a part of an automated software build as a prerequisite of the automated testing phase. Schema migration tools can be said to solve versioning problems for database schemas just as version control systems solve versioning problems for source code. In practice, many schema migration tools actually rely on a textual representation of schema changes (such as files containing SQL statements
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Computer-based test interpretation in psychological assessment


Computer-based test interpretation (CBTI) programs are technological tools that have been commonly used to interpret data in psychological assessments since the 1960s. CBTI programs are used for a myriad of psychological tests, like clinical interviews or problem rating, but are most frequently exercised in psychological and neuropsychological assessments. CBTI programs are either empirically based or clinically based. The empirically based programs, or actuarial assessment programs, use statistical analyses to interpret the data, while the clinically based programs, or automated assessment programs, rely on information from expert
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Data-driven testing


(mature) automation environments data can be harvested from a running system using a purpose-built custom tool or sniffer, the DDT framework thus performs playback of harvested data producing a powerful automated regression testing tool. Navigation through the program, reading of the data sources, and logging of test status and information are all coded in the test script. Anything that has a potential to change (also called "variability," and includes elements such as environment, end points, test data, locations, etc.) is separated
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YouTestMe


YouTestMe is a Canadian global project, developed by Malloc Incorporated, whose headquarters are in Toronto, Ontario. The concept and philosophy behind the project are relatively new in the e-learning sphere and are based upon utilizing tools rather than creating new content. YouTestMe is intended to help the teachers and instructors in the class and test management by automating all aspects included in the process. The project was started by Zoran Kukoljac who donated his development methodology to a group of master's degree students from the University of Belgrade. The project
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Eggplant Functional


Eggplant Functional is a black-box GUI test automation tool, developed in Boulder, Colorado by Doug Simons, Jonathan Gillaspie and John McIntosh, the software was developed by Redstone Software (a subsidiary of Gresham Computing plc) starting in 2002. Redstone was acquired on 2 September 2008 by a UK-based company called Eggplant (formerly Testplant). Its approach uses image matching technology as opposed to looking to the object-level of the application being tested. This allows for system-wide automation of a system-under-
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Parasoft


that automated tools cannot detect. Although the peer inspection itself cannot be automated, peer code reviews preparation, notification, and tracking can be automated. For cloud, SOA, APIs, and enterprise IT environments, Parasoft technologies automate practices such as API testing, integration testing, system testing, load testing, and penetration testing. Parasoft's service and SOA quality technology was first developed in 2002. Parasoft also develops memory error detection technology that finds run-time errors in C and C++ programs. Patents were submitted for
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Linux Desktop Testing Project


The Linux Desktop Testing Project (LDTP) is an open-source testing tool that uses computer assistive technology to automate GUIs. The GUI functionality of an application can be tested in Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and embedded environments. The Mac OS X version is called PyATOM, and the Windows version is Cobra. LDTP can test any accessibility-enabled GNOME application, Mozilla, OpenOffice.org, any Swing-based Java, Qt 4-based and KDE 4.x applications. LDTP is/was used by the following companies/
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Network Test Automation Forum


application or tool to register itself in a way that other interested entities can discover its existence. It also describes the mechanism by which a tool can be activated so that its automation harnesses are available for use. This specification describes an XMPP extension that allows an application or tool, with or without its own specialized man-machine user interface to expose an "automation harness" that allows that tool to be controlled and/or monitored by another tool via XMPP packet exchanges. The NTAF Technical Committee is currently working on draft specifications for resource
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MSBuild


Microsoft Build Engine, better known as MSBuild, is a free and open-source build tool set for managed code as well as native C++ code and was part of .NET Framework. Visual Studio depends on MSBuild, but not the vice versa. Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management depends on MSBuild to perform team builds via the Team Foundation Server. MSBuild is a build tool that helps automate the process of creating a software product, including compiling the source code, packaging, testing, deployment and creating documentations. With MSBuild, it
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Youth Sports Automation


Youth Sports Automation is a web-based technology platform that offers administrative functions for clubs, managers and coaches which are needed to get a player on the field along with family facing capabilities for parents and players. It involves using an online management tool to organize, automate, and simplify the youth sports process — registration, payment, team formation, compliance regulatory compliance, rostering, communication, scheduling, social networking and web hosting. The overall goals are to eliminate the need to make multiple separate products work together and reduce the
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Team Foundation Server


. This capability complemented the automated build and testing processes by allowing a true continuous deployment solution. The tools were re-branded "Release Management" for TFS 2013. The Release Management capabilities give teams the ability to perform a controlled, workflow (provided by Windows Workflow Foundation) driven release to development, test and production environments and provides dashboards for monitoring the progress of one or more releases. Microsoft has rebuilt Release Management for Visual Studio Team Services and on-premises version of Team Foundation Server with the new changes in 2015
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Test automation


reviewing test results. In automated testing, the test engineer or software quality assurance person must have software coding ability since the test cases are written in the form of source code which when run produce output according to the assertions that are a part of it. Some test automation tools allow for test authoring to be done by keywords instead of coding, which do not require programming. API testing is also being widely used by software testers as it enables them to verify requirements independent of their GUI implementation, commonly to test them earlier
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Keyword-driven testing


to program) write test cases based on the keywords defined in the planning stage that have been implemented by the engineers. The test is executed using a driver that reads the keywords and executes the corresponding code. Other methodologies use an all-in-one implementation stage. Instead of separating the tasks of test design and test engineering, the test design "is" the test automation. Keywords, such as “edit” or “check” are created using tools in which the necessary code has already been written. This
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AscentialTest


. Users can apply masks to remove dynamic areas from comparisons. "Test Management:" Tests can be tagged with any number of user-defined attributes so that they can be easily located using a powerful query tool. Attributes are also used in Test Plans and Suites to locate tests for execution. "Password Encryption:" Provides a way to use passwords in automated tests that need to be kept confidential. AscentialTest uses 256-bit AES encryption to store the password. "Integration with Subversion (VisualSVN):" AscentialTest integrates with
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FitNesse


FitNesse is a web server, a wiki and an automated testing tool for software. It is based on Ward Cunningham's Framework for Integrated Test and is designed to support acceptance testing rather than unit testing in that it facilitates detailed readable description of system function. FitNesse allows users of a developed system to enter specially formatted input (its format is accessible to non-programmers). This input is interpreted and tests are created automatically. These tests are then executed by the system and output is returned to the user. The advantage
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WET Web Tester


some of the conveniences of recorders while retaining the complete scripting power. WET has adopted this technique, called as the Proxied UI technique for test automation. Using this methodology, a tester instructs an IE browser (using some sort of a wizard) to perform various steps like clicking a link, setting text in a textfield, selecting a list box, etc. The tool then converts these instructions to test scripts. Unlike the recorders, where scripts are generated by the tool automatically based on the actions that the user performed on
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Lightweight software test automation


three major alternatives to the use of lightweight software test automation are commercial test automation frameworks, Open Source test automation frameworks, and heavyweight test automation. The primary disadvantage of lightweight test automation is manageability. Because lightweight automation is relatively quick and easy to implement, a test effort can be overwhelmed with harness programs, test case data files, test result files, and so on. However, lightweight test automation has significant advantages. Compared with commercial frameworks, lightweight automation is less expensive in initial cost and is more flexible. Compared
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