Released on: October 1, 2007, 1:02 am

Press Release Author: Andrew Shesterov

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: Testing is one of the major stages for software quality
assurance. Automated testing is its component. It uses software to check test
performance, which helps to reduce time of testing and simplify its process.

Press Release Body: Nowadays a large number of tools with graphical interfaces are
created to facilitate the work of programmers and increase their productivity. These
processes have increased requirements for Testers. Now they must handle large
amounts of information for short term. Therefore the use of automated tests is a
necessary condition for saving testers' time.

Modern development tools create relatively complex applications, and their manual
testing is a very time-consuming process. Another drawback of testing is that the
results of the tests are not saved and it is difficult to repeat again. Automated
test allows to simplify the process of manual testing, to make it the more
convenient and accurate.

There are many applications for automated testing. The most popular ones are:

. Mercury LoadRunner
. Segue SilkPerformer
. Rational TestStudio


Using these tools helps testers to automate the following tasks:

. product installation
. test data creation
. GUI interaction
. problem detection


However automated tests cannot completely replace manual testing. Automation of the
process of testing is very expensive, and consequently automated testing is only a
part of the manual testing. The best option of use of automated testing is
regressive testing.

About A1QA:


The company A1QA (www.a1qa.ru) offers a wide range of software quality assurance
services, including manual and automated testing. A1QA is the only company in
Eastern Europe that offers such kind of services. The major clients of the company
are foreign and Russian enterprises that deal with software development and have a
need for independent quality assurance.



Web Site: http://www.a1qa.com

Contact Details: A1QA, office 2305

6, Skryganova st.

220073, Minsk, Belarus
Phone

Tel: +375 (17) 200-8740

Fax: +375 (17) 222-6108

E-mail:: info@a1qa.com