The goal of contemporary development is the production of quality software. Therefore, quality verification is becoming an increasingly significant part of development process more and more each day. The introduction of the iterative development also introduces the need of continuous testing. The introduction of automatic testing primarily assists in the facilitation of regression testing which is of high importance in the iterative development.
IBM Rational Functional Tester is an advanced tool for automatic functional testing of Java applications, Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET applications, Web applications, Siebel 7.8 applications and SAP applications.
The tool provides an opportunity for the selection of script programming language and development environment among Java and Microsoft Visual Basic.
The integration with Rational ClearQuest and Rational Test Manager tools facilitates and automates the process of defect detection and additionally automates the initiation of functional tests.
Picture 1: Work screen of IBM Rational Functional Tester tool
IBM Rational Performance Tester tool is intended for tracking possible meltdowns and performance problems in the system, by simulating arbitrary number of simultaneous customers and by generating reports which clearly and thoroughly inform about performance state of the application.
The tool can test Web applications, SAP applications and Windows applications via Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server.
In the combination with IBM Tivoli Monitoring agents it enables automatic tracking of data such as CPU or memory usage, simulation of distributed application testing form different IP addresses, utilization of http and https protocols and much more.
Picture 2: Screenshot of the IBM Rational Performance Tester Tool
IBM Rational Robot additionally helps centralized test teams, who wish to automate functional tests and performance tests.
Due to the lack of safety web applications can become an easy target for stealing of personal or corporation data. Early performance of safety tests is the best way of achieving the desired application safety as well as its defence against unwanted intrusions into the system. Watchfire is one in the series of companies taken over by IBM. Its particularity lies precisely in its dealings with safety tests.
We bring you a short overview of ex-Watchfire products.
IBM Rational AppScan is a tool intended for automation of safety tests on web applications and it increases the safety as well as the resilience of web applications. AppScan enables nearly all necessary safety tests on web applications. It is equally intended, through various product versions, for individual users as for the larger organizations which demand a larger number of simultaneously initiated safety tests. AppScan is designed for various types of users from developers, test teams to project managers.
During individual user deployment it provides the desktop version of the tool as well as the plug-ins for all major development environments such as JBuilder, WebSphere, Microsoft® Visual Studio.Net and Eclipse.
IBM Rational AppScan Enterprise is a web-based system for an effective and distributed implementation of safety tests, intended for implementation of a larger number of tests initiated by a number of different users. With a possibility of a more advanced analysis web application brings a system for the creation of reports about test results, references for the solution of the problems detected and the simple integration with the AppScan desktop version.
Picture 3: Screenshot of the IBM Rational AppScan Tool
AppScan Enterprise — IBM Rational ClearQuest Integration AppScan provides a number of extensions for improvement and facilitation of the work in the process of Quality Assurance. AppScan gives user the freedom in choosing which analysed problems he/she wants to report to ClearQuest. AppScan Enterprise and IBM Rational ClearQuest integration enables automated log-in, entering and tracking of requests through ClearQuest.
Picture 4: Screenshot of the IBM Rational AppScan Tool
AppScan QA—IBM Rational TestManager Integration Integration enables a straightforward interface for initiating and analysis of safety tests based on the integration of AppScan Enterprise and ClearQuest. This provides for the abstract environment in which the users through IBM Rational TestManager can initiate and analyse safety tests on web applications without the knowledge and experience about the safety tests themselves.
Picture 5: Screenshot of the IBM Rational AppScan Tool
