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Rational Functional Tester

Find technical content and resources for IBM® Rational® Functional Tester. (formerly known as XDE Tester)

Manually merge Rational Functional Tester scripts into an existing automation suite

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Avoid manual configuration of applications under test with this Java utility
Configure applications programmatically in Rational Functional Tester for a client/server test environment
Multilingual automation testing when scripts are based on English UIs
How to generate a pseudo translation build to help programmers write automation scripts for multiple languages
Considerations in opening the mainframe to mobile devices
This guide for enterprise teams working on mobile applications explains the IBM approach to mobile application development, which exploits existing information and transaction systems for maximum speed to market and reuse of services
Faster IBM Rational Quality Manager test scripts, automatically
Rational Quality Manager can use Rational Functional Tester to record a user’s gestures and automatically convert them into English natural language. Exploratory testing, documentation, and agile test teams can all benefit by using this combination to write manual test scripts faster and easier.
Tackling the multichannel testing challenge
Mobile and web-enabled applications bring new challenges to multichannel testing, or interleaving a single test scenario across several interfaces. It’s becoming a requirement to move seamlessly from mobile to web and back again. Reviewing approaches that have worked in the past leads to a discussion about tackling the future.