Using Holodeck w/Automated Tools
MULTIPLY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EXISTING TEST CASES
Meeting today's aggressive time-to-market requirements means putting application development on the fast track with automated testing tools. Unlike manual testing, automated testing gives you a repeatable, predictable method of continuously testing the functionality of your application from build to build over time. As a result, it builds speed and accuracy into the entire testing process while freeing up your QA staff to expand test coverage. However, automated testing tools in general don't always live up to the vendor promise at purchase time. You can regain that anticipated ROI by using Holodeck in conjunction with tools WinRunner, SilkTest, Rational Functional Tester, QA Center, and others to increase your probability of finding bugs and building even more speed into your test process.
Using Holodeck in conjuction with an automated tool like those mentioned above gives you control of your test environment so you can create any "fault" scenario you desire - out of memory, corrupt network traffic etc. You can run your existing regression test scripts back under these "hostile" conditions, multiplying the number of deployment conditions your test cases run in. Holodeck can also be used for powerful ad-hoc testing by manipulating tests, faults, and resource limits while running your test framework exponentially improving the coverage of your test scripts without re-writing them at all.
SEAMLESS INTEGRATION
Holodeck's Holoscript and open API provides a seamless integration to work in conjunction with other test tools. You can even launch Holodeck from the command line or call it from an existing script, then use it to launch your application and set faults programmatically - you can even enable code coverage or stress test and leave those options set while the automated tests run against your application.
Other business benefits of using Holodeck in conjunction with automated testing tools:
- Make your existing test scripts work harder by automatically running them back under Holodeck's "hostile environment simulator"
- Maximize the value of your existing test scripts - more coverage, less time, more bugs found!
- Cut debugging time in half
- Remove the "cannot reproduce" road block
- Improve the ROI of your current automated testing tool investment: With Holodeck, your existing test tools will find more bugs and yield much greater value to you R&D team _and_ your company’s bottom line… higher bug count, more value from test tool investment, and less likelihood of defects reaching your customers.
- Find many more reliability and security bugs that occur only when required resources are denied
- Run your existing test scripts under hostile environments, driving code coverage to all-time highs
- Confirm that your application “fails safely”
- Prioritize your development and testing tasks by fully understanding the impact of defects found
- See how your application fails under hostile conditions - ensure your customers don't experience the ramifications of reliability and security defects
- Execute your existing test cases over multiple deployment scenarios, exponentially improving the coverage of your test scripts without re-writing them at all.
