Software quality assurance teams rely on IBM® Rational® Functional Tester to validate application functionality. This tool supports testing a wide variety of applications, including those based on Java™ technology, Microsoft® Visual Basic®, Microsoft® .NET, HTML, terminal-based, SAP®, Siebel software, and Web 2.0 applications. This article describes some of the key advancements introduced in Version 8.0.
The most significant change in the V8.0 release of Rational Functional Tester is the inclusion of extended application support. A base license now includes the ability to test SAP, Siebel, and terminal-based applications. These new capabilities make it easier than ever to test more applications from one test tool.
The V8.0 release includes enhanced support for the latest test environments and for applications built using these technologies:
- Adobe® Flex 3.0
- Java 1.6
- Microsoft .NET 3.0 Framework and WPF controls
- SAP GUI 7.1
- Siebel 8.0
Rational Functional Tester V8.0 also includes new support for applications built using these tools
- Dojo Toolkit
- PowerBuilder 11
- Eclipse GEF (Graphical Editing Framework)
This release improves the tester's experience through these key enhancements:
- Improved logging (see Figure 1)
- More robust version control integration
- Addition of an image comparison tool for dynamic verification points
Figure 1. New Web 2.0-style log viewer
Increased test management integration
The IBM Rational portfolio of products now includes two new products:
- IBM® Rational® Quality Manager, which is a new Web-based, centralized test management environment that provides a collaborative and customizable solution for test planning, workflow control, tracking, and metrics reporting that is capable of quantifying how project decisions and deliverables affect and align with business objectives.
- IBM® Rational®Test Lab Manager, which enables lab administrators to automatically install Rational Functional Tester on remote physical or virtual test lab resources.
You can launch Rational Functional Tester V8 tests from IBM Rational Quality Manager. Support for IBM Rational Test Lab Manager has also been added to this release.
To learn more about these new features, as well as about existing capabilities of IBM Rational Functional Tester and to download a trial version, check the citations in Resources.
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Matt has over 10 years of experience in software development. He has been in many roles over his career, programmer, tester, test automation architect, change management administrator, performance test lead and most recently as a QA Manager. He now serves IBM as a quality advocate for the Rational brand. Matt administers the Rational Quality Manager page on Facebook.
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