Smalltalk Test Mentor for VisualAge for Smalltalk

One of the accepted facts of software engineering is that one or more errors will probably be introduced by any change or addition to a software system. The most effective technique for ensuring that these errors are not delivered to customers is to run automated regression tests on the system. Until now, this has not been practical for systems developed with VisualAge for Smalltalk. Automated testing tools that run outside of the Smalltalk image can not address many of the widgets - especially Extended Widgets - and certainly can not be used to perform specific model tests.

The Smalltalk Test Mentor for VisualAge for Smalltalk solves these problems by executing from within the Smalltalk image. The Smalltalk Test Mentor is the only automated testing framework for VisualAge for Smalltalk that records user interface interactions including Extended Widgets, for replay during testing.

With the Smalltalk Test Mentor, you can rapidly create user interface tests. The Smalltalk Test Mentor also provides facilities for testing your model classes, as well as a full complement of tools to analyze execution results, including method coverage and performance metrics. The Smalltalk Test Mentor makes it easy to start building and running regression test suites early in the development cycle to find errors before they become costly.

Highlights:

• Complete testing solution
• User Interface interaction record and playback for view testing
• Supports model testing
• Test case designer/editor
• Scripting in Smalltalk
• Step level debugging
• Results analysis:
  • Method coverage metrics
  • Performance metrics
  • Fast fault location
• Results can be archived
• Supports all levels of testing from unit to system test
• Integrated with Envy

SilverMark provides education and mentoring services to jump-start your project so you can start testing right away.

The Smalltalk Test Mentor is available for Windows and OS/2, with AIX to follow. For details, pricing and ordering information, contact:

SilverMark, Inc. 4068 Barrett Drive Raleigh, NC 27609 Phone: 1-888-588-0668 FAX: 1-919-362-0772 E-mail: info@silvermark.com Web: http://www.silvermark.com