Wednesday, 13 September 2006

Parasoft Release JTest 8.0, Java Analysis & Testing Solution

Parasoft has announced the release of JTest 8.0, their Java analysis and testing solution. JTest 8.0 introduces a number of new features and improvements, focusing on static code analysis, code review tools, automatic generation of JUnit test cases, Cactus integration, and Bug Detective, which simulates a runtime environment to find bugs.

The static code analysis has been improved, adding around 200 new static analyses to bring the number of rules checked up to 700 or so. Hibernate and JavaEE code checks were added in addition to others. The code review tools offer a workflow to enable teams to effectively review code, regardless of geographic location. It's configurable so that who should review the output of someone else can be determined, and users can see their entire code review status at any time. Version control systems (CVS, SVN, Starteam, Clearcase) are integrated with this tool.