December 21, 2010 - Original Software released its latest version of TestDrive agile test automation solution and TestDrive-Assist, its dynamic manual testing solution.Version 7 is in direct response to an independent study undertaken earlier this year which revealed that the need for enhanced business agility was the highest rated market driver for improving software quality. With more complexity in IT projects and a need to respond faster to changing markets, development and QA teams have had to adapt the way they work. Original Software addresses the need for a more dynamic way of working and for agile test automation.TestDrive-Assist and TestDrive are fully integrated solutions that allow companies to manage the journey to automation in a seamless and painless manner.
TestDrive-Assist discreetly captures tests while they are performed, including what is happening within the application. It also provides an audit trail and clear information for reproducing bugs. Its ability to automatically migrate these tests to an automated test script in TestDrive is a unique and powerful enabler for customers practicing agile or iterative development techniques. The functionality allows customers to test earlier, in bite-sized pieces and, by the end of the scrum or iteration, these scripts form the foundation of a future automated test.Version 7 continues with Original Software vision of continued innovation for the testing community, and incorporates a number of new benefits and features:
- Full support for the Adobe Flex framework, enabling the productive testing of web applications built using Flex.
- Intelligent test annotation whereby the automated test uses the same input descriptions that a user would see on the screen, enabling greater tolerance of application changes.
- One click conversion of manual tests to automated test scripts.
- Use of a single script over multiple technologies, meaning that a Firefox script could be run over Internet Explorer
