Jtest is an automated Java testing and static code analysis product that is made by Parasoft

Parasoft

Parasoft is an independent software vendor with headquarters in Monrovia, California. It was founded in 1987 by five graduates of the California Institute of Technology who had been working on Caltech Cosmic Cube....

. It aims to improve Java code reliability, functionality, security, performance, and maintainability. Basic functionality includes Unit test-case generation, static analysis

Static code analysis

Static program analysis is the analysis of computer software that is performed without actually executing programs built from that software In most cases the analysis is performed on some version of the source code and in the other cases some form of the object code...

, regression testing

Regression testing

Regression testing is any type of software testing that seeks to uncover new errors, or regressions, in existing functionality after changes have been made to a system, such as functional enhancements, patches or configuration changes....

, runtime error detection, and code review

Code review

Code review is systematic examination of computer source code. It is intended to find and fix mistakes overlooked in the initial development phase, improving both the overall quality of software and the developers' skills...

. Jtest is used by companies such as Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...

, TransCore

Roper Industries

Roper Industries is a diversified industrial company that produces engineered products for global niche markets. The company is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida.Roper provides a wide range of products and services to customers in over 100 countries...

, AIG United Guaranty

American International Group

American International Group, Inc. or AIG is an American multinational insurance corporation. Its corporate headquarters is located in the American International Building in New York City. The British headquarters office is on Fenchurch Street in London, continental Europe operations are based in...

 and Wipro Technologies.

Awards

Jtest 1.0 was released in 1997 and since then has won many awards. Recent ones include a Codie Award from the Software and Information Industry Association

Software and Information Industry Association

The Software & Information Industry Association is a United States based software trade association. The organization lobbies United States policy makers as well as conducting surveys and research and many conferences and webcasts....

 (SIIA) for "Best Software Testing Solution" in 2007 and 2005. It also won "Technology of the Year" award as "Best Application Test Tool" from InfoWorld

InfoWorld

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 two years in a row in 2006 and 2007. In 2009, it won the Jolt Award for Excellence as part of Parasoft's Application Security Solution. Jtest first received the Jolt Award for Excellence in 2000.

See also

• Automated testing
• List of unit testing frameworks
• List of tools for static code analysis
• Regression testing
  Regression testing
  Regression testing is any type of software testing that seeks to uncover new errors, or regressions, in existing functionality after changes have been made to a system, such as functional enhancements, patches or configuration changes....
  
  
• Software testing
  Software testing
  Software testing is an investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service under test. Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to appreciate and understand the risks of software...
  
  
• System testing
  System testing
  System testing of software or hardware is testing conducted on a complete, integrated system to evaluate the system's compliance with its specified requirements. System testing falls within the scope of black box testing, and as such, should require no knowledge of the inner design of the code or...
  
  
• Test case
  Test case
  A test case in software engineering is a set of conditions or variables under which a tester will determine whether an application or software system is working correctly or not. The mechanism for determining whether a software program or system has passed or failed such a test is known as a test...
  
  
• Test-driven development
  Test-driven development
  Test-driven development is a software development process that relies on the repetition of a very short development cycle: first the developer writes a failing automated test case that defines a desired improvement or new function, then produces code to pass that test and finally refactors the new...
  
  
• xUnit
  XUnit
  Various code-driven testing frameworks have come to be known collectively as xUnit. These frameworks allow testing of different elements of software, such as functions and classes...
  
  - a family of unit testing frameworks.

External links

• Jtest page.