Testing News - Nov 30th


  • GUIdancer test tool to become Eclipse project and Open source : Long-time Eclipse member Bredex plans to release core components of its GUIdancer test automation tool as an open source project hosted by the Eclipse Foundation. Source: News
  • Microsoft is adding private beta group support to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, allowing developers to do limited testing of their applications before submitting for full app store inclusion.Source : News
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers recently released a new and improved bug catching system designed to more efficiently find software glitches during the development process. NIST reported in 2002 that software bugs cost the economy nearly $60 billion even though 50 percent of software development budgets are devoted to testing. Testing every possible variable is not practical. A system with 34 on and off switches, for example, would require 17 billion tests. Source: News

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