Software allows automated testing of business applications.
Press Release Summary:
AgitarOne v4.2 allows development teams to generate basic set of unit tests that provide 80% code coverage of java applications and to detect unwanted or unexpected changes in code behavior. Software features scalable, server-based architecture and includes software agitation(TM) to perform exploratory tests on Java code interactively. It also features code-rule enforcement, code-risk management dashboard, and continuous integration and test framework.
Original Press Release:
Agitar Unveils Breakthrough in Automated Testing - New Release Delivers Unprecedented Code Coverage at Record Speed to Increase Business Agility
Test Automation Breakthrough Guarantees 80 Percent Code Coverage of Java Applications, Delivers in Hours What Used to Take Months
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 28 / / -- Agitar Software, the leader in enterprise unit testing, today announced a new version of AgitarOne, its flagship product that brings unprecedented power, performance, and simplicity to Java unit testing. AgitarOne now achieves -- and guarantees -- 80 percent project code coverage out of the box, improving business agility by giving development teams a basic safety net of tests to dramatically reduce risk when changing applications.
It's hard for an enterprise to be agile when its software applications are fragile. To keep up with rapidly changing business requirements, an organization must be able to change its software not only quickly, but also safely. Even minor code changes can often cause major regressions in functionality. A thorough suite of unit tests is a proven way to help development teams detect potential regressions quickly and easily, but test development is a time-consuming, combinatorial problem. Without some form of automation, it's easy to fall short in unit testing efforts; most software organizations that practice unit testing rarely achieve coverage of more than 10 to 20 percent.
With AgitarOne, development teams can now generate a basic set of unit tests that provide 80 percent code coverage across the project in a matter of hours. With this set of tests, the team now has the basic foundation needed to detect unwanted or unexpected changes in code behavior. Using AgitarOne's automated tests as a starting point, teams can dramatically reduce the risk associated with changing business applications to achieve improved business agility.
"I can say with confidence that AgitarOne 4.2 is the world's fastest and most powerful automated test generator for Java -- nothing else comes even close," said Alberto Savoia, CTO of Agitar. "Being able to generate 80 percent or better unit test coverage in hours is a game changer for IT teams."
"By giving developers a basic suite of unit tests that they can immediately run, analyze, and enhance, AgitarOne makes it much more likely that developers maintaining existing applications will embrace and take a more active role in unit testing, which should be the ultimate goal," added Savoia. "Starting from 20 percent or less code coverage, and faced with the prospect of having to write hundreds of thousands of lines of JUnit by hand just to catch up, is an understandably depressing prospect for developers and a huge schedule hit and expense for the organization. AgitarOne's out-of-the-box automation gives developers the time to focus on testing the areas of the code that can benefit the most from human insight, intuition, and domain knowledge. Armed with AgitarOne, an organization can transform its code base from fragile to agile, and have exhaustive tests without exhausted developers."
AgitarOne's unprecedented project-wide code coverage is made possible by multiple breakthroughs in code analysis and test automation, including major advances in mocking technology to solve complex dependencies on other code components. AgitarOne's highly scalable, server-based architecture also helps users achieve this level of coverage at unprecedented speed, with recent benchmarks showing throughput of 250,000 lines of JUnit test code in an hour-which is orders of magnitude faster than manual testing.
To ensure effective creation, usage, and management of unit tests, AgitarOne is a comprehensive integrated solution that also includes
o software agitation(TM) to perform exploratory tests on Java code
interactively;
o code-rule enforcement;
o code-risk management dashboard that allows a continuous view of actual
project quality compared to unit-level quality targets;
o continuous integration and test framework.
About Agitar Software:
Agitar Software enables the enterprise to release its Java applications faster and to change them more easily to meet changing business needs. AgitarOne automatically creates the tests as software is written, which simplifies complex code and makes all code easier to change. Customers have cut by 50 percent the time they spend fighting with existing applications, released new ones 30 percent faster with fewer bugs, and cut by 90 percent the cost of finding and fixing bugs after releasing applications to users. Using AgitarOne, software teams meet their schedules without sacrificing quality and functionality. Customers such as Bank of America, Cisco, EDS, Fujitsu SSL, IBM Global Services, MindTree Consulting, Siemens, Tata Consultancy Services, and Tokyo Gas see these benefits using Agitar's solution for in-house, offshore, or outsourced software development. Agitar is a privately-held company headquartered in Mountain View, CA. For more information, visit http://www.agitar.com/.
Source: Agitar Software
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