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Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Visual Studio .NET Windows® Forms Rational Functional Tester software —
Windows Forms applications technologies, Rational Functional Tester accessible to novices and experts
Rational Functional Tester software can Rational Functional Tester software sup- Integrates with the IBM Rational
produce test scripts using either 100 ports the use of parallel development, Software Delivery Platform
percent Java code hosted within the enabling the version control of test IBM Rational Manual Tester software
Eclipse Java Developer Toolkit editor, scripts. Colocated teams can use the is an integral component of the IBM
or using 100 percent Microsoft Visual IBM Rational ClearCase LT product
®
Rational Software Delivery Platform.
Basic .NET code hosted within the that ships with the Rational Functional One of the industry’s most compre-
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET editor. Tester software, and upgrade to the hensive and powerful solutions for
Anyone familiar with these program- full IBM Rational ClearCase solution, software system creation and applica-
ming languages can quickly modify to enable work with geographically tion lifecycle management, the IBM
existing code, as well as create custom dispersed teams. Rational Software Delivery Platform
libraries that can be called by other provides automation support for the
test scripts. Coding is greatly simpli- Built on open standards aspects of software development. Fur-
fied thanks to the Eclipse and Visual The Java scripting capabilities of ther, it can help unite team members
Studio .NET editors, both of which Rational Functional Tester software by enabling them to share information
provide advanced editing features are built on top of the Eclipse archi- effectively across various tools.
such as automated code completion tectural framework and its test, trace
and advanced debugging options. and monitoring extension, called the Integration into the Rational Software
Customization possibilities are limit- Test and Performance Tools Platform Delivery Platform is designed to help
less, and communication of test scripts (TPTP). Both are open source pro- ensure access to various software
with development is vastly simplified. jects that provide shared, open source development lifecycle assets such
In fact, GUI developers and other services across tooling environments as application requirements, and it
members of the development team that target application development, enables a shared user experience
can access Rational Functional Tester testing, deployment and monitoring. across team disciplines. From the
software from within their Eclipse Usage of this infrastructure can perspective of functional testing, this
or Visual Studio .NET code-based promote benefits ranging from the helps ensure the ability of developers
integrated development environments elimination of proprietary data store and testers to build, share and analyze
(IDEs) to create their own tests. formats to enabling support for both functional tests from within the same
internal and third-party customization user interface they use to construct,
Supporting diverse team needs and contribution. An investment in test, deploy and monitor their appli-
As teams take advantage of Rational tools based on Eclipse and TPTP can cations using other tools within the
Functional Tester advanced scripting help organizations avoid vendor lock- Rational Software Delivery Platform.
capabilities, the need to store multiple in and encourage future innovation.
versions of a test script becomes
important. Add to this the complication
of supporting geographically distributed
test teams, and the need for multisite
parallel development becomes clear.
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