.TEST Product Overview

Parasoft® .TEST™ is an integrated solution for automating a broad range of best practices proven to increase software development team productivity and software quality. Parasoft .TEST ensures developers that their .NET code works as expected by enabling coding policy enforcement, static analysis, and unit testing. Parasoft .TEST also saves development teams time by providing a streamlined manual code review process. Parasoft .TEST can be used both on the desktop as a Microsoft Visual Studio plugin and in batch processes via command line interface for regression testing.

Parasoft .TEST works with programming languages that target the Microsoft .NET Framework, including C#, VB.NET, and MC++ (Managed C++). It can test any file or assembly that has been built to take advantage of the .NET CLR.

.TEST is packaged and licensed in the following editions designed to separate functionality to specific roles and processes in the typical software development environment:

• .TEST Professional Edition
• .TEST Architect Edition
• .TEST Server Edition

Edition details are described in .TEST Editions and Licenses.

To learn more about .TEST, see:

• .TEST Data Sheet
• .TEST Technical Papers
• Application Development Quality Solution (Java, C/C++, .NET)
• Code Audit Solution (outsourcing & distributed development)
• Application Security Solution

Benefits

• Increase team development productivity — Apply a comprehensive set of best practices that reduce testing time, testing effort, and the number of defects that reach QA.
• Achieve more with existing development resources — Automatically vet known coding issues so more time can be dedicated to tasks that require human intelligence.
• Build on the code base with confidence — Efficiently construct, continuously execute, and maintain a comprehensive regression test suite that detects whether updates break existing functionality.
• Gain instant visibility into code quality and readiness — Access on-demand objective code assessments and track progress towards quality and schedule targets.
• Reduce support costs — Automate negative testing on a broad range of potential user paths to uncover problems that might otherwise surface only in “real-world” usage.

Features

• Static analysis of code for compliance with user-selected coding standards
• Graphical RuleWizard editor for creating custom coding rules
• Static code path simulation for identifying potential runtime errors
• Streamlined code review process with a graphical interface and progress tracking
• Automated generation and execution of unit tests
• Flexible stub framework for use in unit tests
• Full support for regression testing
• Code coverage analysis with code highlighting
• Full team deployment infrastructure for desktop and command line usage
• Seamless integration with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

System Requirements

• Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server
• 1GB memory minimum, 2GB recommended
• 1GHz or faster processor
• Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2005, or Visual Studio .NET 2003