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Git is a free & open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

Every Git clone is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server.  Branching and merging are fast and easy to do.

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Mercurial is a free, distributed source control management tool.  It efficiently handles projects of any size and offers an easy and intuitive interface.

How you can benefit from Mercurial

1. It is fast and powerful

Mercurial offers you the power and speed to efficiently handle projects of any size and kind.  Every clone contains the whole project history, so committing, branching, tagging and merging are local operations which makes them fast and convenient.  You can use a multitude of workflows and easily enhance its functionality with extensions.

2. It is easy to learn

You can follow our simple guide to learn how to revision your documents with Mercurial, or just use the quick start to get going instantly.  A short overview of Mercurial’s decentralized model is also available.

3. And it just works

Mercurial strives to deliver on each of its promises.  Most tasks simply work on the first try and without requiring arcane knowledge.

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Online Database Functions Testing Tool

One of the key factors in building software applications is development time.  One of the solutions to reducing development time is to use user friendly software development tools which help the developer complete the job quickly.  In any software application there may be many database functions; these functions will be tested several times when they are used in many places in the application.  Early testing helps to lay cleaner code and saves time in further stages of the application build.

Traditionally, testing the function meant launching SQL Plus then typing the SQL commands.  This tool enables testing database functions with mouse clicks; it is very convenient and should save application development/testing time.  The tool supports Oracle and SQL Server databases; it can also extend to other databases such as DB2 and Informix with minor modifications.

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Configuring the Tool

Read Functions from a Database

Display Function Parameters

Execute the Functions with Input Values

Description:

Defect Tracker is a web-based development solution.  It tracks and organizes defect reports throughout the development cycles.  Its flexible customization enables you to adapt to your engineering changes.

Features Overview

* Engineer’s inbox (shows all defects assigned to you)
* Performing searches
* Creating public and personal reports
* Creating simple and easy to use charting in seconds
* Saving your personal and public charts
* Subscribing to defect updates by email notification
* Viewing defect change history
* Time-based escalation of defect priority
* Automatic defect assignment routing
* User management by role
* Finding out all logged on users in the system

Easy Customization Interface

You can customize the Defect Tracker without writing code.  Just use point and click, you can add, remove and modify any attribute of an object to meet your development specifications.

Database Requirement

Defect Tracker 1000 does not require a database and yet with full functional features.  If you choose to use a database later, you can simply migrate to Defect Tracker 2000.  By using the one-click data migration utility, you can migrate all your previous data into your new database.

Install and Run

All in one installation, there is nothing else to install.  You can use the Defect Tracker right away after you installed it.  There is no complicated setup and configuration.  Clients can be connected to server using a browser.  No client installation is required. Client is fully HTML based, therefore no plugins to download.

System Requirements

* HTML client runs on lastest Firefox and Internet Explorer.
* New Fire Server runs on major Java 2 platforms (currently certified on Windows and Linux, also known to run on other major platforms with java support).
* Series 1000 does not require database. Series 2000 supports the following major databases: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, IBM DB2, MySQL and Informix, PostgreSQL.
* Server memory: 64 MB (Series 1000), 128 MB (Series 2000)
* Diskspace: > 100 MB
* i386 compatable processor speed for server: 500 MHz or above

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GCT was my third coverage tool.  It instruments C code in a source-to-source translation, then passes the instrumented code to a compiler.  Its first major use was on a Unix kernel, so it is suitable for measuring the coverage of embedded systems.

In addition to branch and multiple-condition coverage, it also has boundary-condition and loop coverage.  I find those useful and inexpensive types of coverage, and I’m disappointed that more coverage tools don’t include them.

It also contains a type of coverage we used for evaluating stress testing of a multiprocessor kernel.

However: GCC was written in 1992 using the GNU C compiler (gcc) as a base.  For reasons too boring to explain, it still has most of the original GCC code in it.   The practical effect of that is that porting GCT is not as trivial as it should be. Although there are Linux and Solaris ports, I do not have appropriate configuration files for them.  (If you do, please send them to me.)  There are no ports to any version of Windows or other non-Unix operating systems.  I would be stunned to see one.

Since GCT is based on gcc 1.x, it does not handle some gcc 2.x constructs.  There has been a mostly-completed port from gcc 1.x to 2.x, but I have not used it myself.

GCC has no GUI for looking at coverage results.  The output is formatted like error messages from a compiler.  It comes with an Emacs mode (based on M-x next-error) that I rather liked.  But non-Emacs users are left out in the cold – as they are in so many things.

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Today automated software testing plays a vital role in many software development and web application projects.  At XBOSoft, we specifically developed XBO ONE™ Test Automation methodology to deliver cost-effective automated testing for small companies.

It begins with our common sense approach of where and when to use automation. For example, tests that are run many times, such as build verification tests, regression tests, and tests that include many simple and repetitive steps are classic candidates for web application automated testing and software automated testing.  However, if an application or software is not yet stable, then it may make sense to postpone any automated testing efforts.  Automated testing should not be considered a replacement for manual testing, but rather an enhancement.

XBO ONE™ Test Automation Benefits

• Proven methodology that delivers significant cost savings for small companies.

• XBOSoft can quickly determine which parts of the application to automate and which are best suited to manual testing.

• Test automation expertise and proficiency for Windows, .NET, Java, web pages, web servers, web applications and web services.

• Proven experience working with a variety of tools, such as Rational Robot, Borland’s SilkTest, HP’s WinRunner and QuickTest Pro, Compuware, etc.

• Experience in testing multiple operating systems, databases, and application servers with automated test harnesses to rapidly switch platforms for maximum coverage.

XBO ONE™ Test Automation Methodology

XBO’s software automation methodology was developed with small companies in mind and an objective to significantly boost testing productivity while keeping costs and implementation efforts to a minimum. Key elements of our methodology are:

1. Ascertain software‘s suitability for automation.

2. Review Automation Checklist; such as:

a. Can the test sequence of actions be defined?

b. Is it necessary to repeat the sequence of actions many times?

c. Is it possible to automate the sequence of actions?

d. Are you testing non-UI aspects of the program?

e. Do you need to run the same tests on multiple hardware configurations?

3. Assign & Organize Testing Team .When multiple team members are automating tests, develop common scripting architecture, code, and objects for maximum productivity.

4. Utilize test script modularity framework where appropriate (ie. Create small, independent scripts that represent modules, sections, and functions of the application-under-test).

5. Manage automation process:

• Share and maintain test assets in XBO’s central application repository.

• Propagate script changes to all testers through XBO’s application repository.

• Track which test cases are automated and which are manual, and prioritize which cases get automated first for maximum results.

• Manage script scheduling and execution.

• Optimize the Test > Fix > Verify process to automatically push new defects into the defect tracking workflow.

• Compare versions of scripts for differences, merge changes, and store scripts with other development assets, such as requirements documents, test data, design documents, and source code.

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UISpec is a Behavior Driven Development framework for the iPhone that provides a full automated testing solution that drives the actual iPhone UI. It is modeled after the very popular RSpec for Ruby.

To make finding specific views in the iPhone UI easy, UISpec includes a very powerful view traversal DSL called UIQuery. Not only can you easily traverse the view hierarchy, you can also interact with the views you find.

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The files for the reusable Software Management Plan (SMP) tool consist of the text for a reusable Software Management Plan and an on-line help tool to be used under Microsoft Windows.

A – To use the tool under windows, follow these installation instructions:

1 – Start Windows
2 – Place disk in drive A (or B)
3 – From the Windows Program Manager select the menu item FILE
4 – Select the submenu item Run …
5 – type A:Setup (or B:Setup if disk is in drive B) and then
press the Enter key. The SMP tool will be installed automatically.  To use the tool to create a Software Management Plan:

1 – Start the SMP tool by double clicking the SMP Help icon.
2 – Start your windows word processor (WORD or WordPerfect)
3 – Open the appropriate template: either Plan.doc, Plan.wp5 or Plan.txt
4 – Edit the plan in order to tailor it to your project, saving the
edited plan with a new name.

B – If you are not using the tool, simply use the reusable document SMPlan.doc (in Word for Windows) or the file SMPlan.txt in any other word processor.

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There are many tools like Mockups, GUI Prototyping, Wireframing and other buzzwords like that, but the point is to improve user interface quality and usability.  Some of these tools are enterprise ready, some are in the early level of development with many issues and finally some of them are in the middle.  Today I want to write about the one which is the middle class representative, named FlairBuilder.  Let’s draw the short review, but first explore some basic requirements for such systems.

Usability

Why we are using wireframing, mockups?  Because we want to create high usability user interface.  Yes, but how to do that with poor usability tool?  Must be clear, fast, predictable and all the other adjectives regarding proper GUI design.

Presentation

The system must allow online mock-ups presentation, using a separate, free player: html files, flash presentations or screenshots.

Components

Should have a large set of components, but divided into groups.  Easy to find and with group of last used and favorites.  Necessarily include place holders.

Interactions

Must contain a set number of basic events: click, mouseover, etc.

Be online

Easy download, easy install and autoupdate.  Fine website with fresh info.

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Aras Innovator Quality Planning enterprise software solution provides comprehensive functionality to manage risks, improve quality, and achieve compliance.  Templates and processes embed standard ISO requirements to provide industry best practice compliance.   Closed-loop FMEA processes and action item accountability achieve compliance with regulatory requirements and industry-specific quality systems standards including TS/16949, AS9100, FDA QSR, and more.  Use Design for Six Sigma [ DFSS ] tools to control risks for greater profits and avoid potential catastrophic impact on costs and revenues by mitigating critical product risks before issues occur in the field.

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Risk Analysis

Identify and mitigate risks to avoid potential warranty & liability issues

Failure Mode & Effects Analysis

Design FMEAs [DFMEA], Process FMEAs [PFMEA], System FMEAs [SFMEA]

FMEA Actions

Issue action items to mitigate risks and achieve closed-loop accountability

Risk Priority Number

RPN metrics identify critical items for resolution

Control Plans

Control plans tied to FMEAs and project programs for coordination

Process Flow Diagrams

Process flows diagrams are integrated with FMEAs and Control Plans

Critical Characteristics

Critical characteristics are cataloged in online libraries by issue type or logical grouping

Templates

Templates provide standardization and consistent definition for risk analysis

Document Management

Documents & files are controlled online and associated to important items for context

Security

User permissions limit visible information to a person’s level of authorization

Collaboration

Secure simultaneous online access for global project teams

Scorecards & Reports

Track KPI metrics with online scorecards and one-click reports for analysis

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