posted on Saturday, January 15, 2005 7:24 PM
by
davidboschmans
DevPartner Fault Simulator: RTM'd
A couple of weeks ago I already mentioned that DevPartner SecurityChecker went RTM. Today I'm happy to announce that DevPartner Fault Simulator has been released to manufacturing by the Compuware's DevPartner and DriverStudio Lab.
DevPartner Fault Simulator is a unique new developer tool using fault simulation to emulate real-world application errors. This allows developers to work in a predictable, repeatable environment to proactively analyze and debug application error-handling code—leading to a better end-user experience and eliminating the loss of revenue that comes with unplanned application downtime.
The DevPartner Fault Simulator fact sheet is available for download at http://www.compuware.com/dl/DevPartner_FaultSimulator_factsheet.pdf. This document provides you with a good overview on how this powerful new tool can help you to validate error-handling code. Just as all other DevPartner suite products, DevPartner Fault Simulator fully integrates with the Visual Studio .NET IDE.
DevPartner Fault Simulator makes it also possible to automate fault simulations on projects that do not require user intervention. To automate test applications—such as part of an overnight build or test automation system— scripts can be executed right from the command line. This supports any fault sets that have been previously configured in DevPartner Fault Simulator. I guess I'll have to add this feature to our buildserver in order to raise the quality and maintainability of our applications. Cool!