Bredex GmbH is shipping a release candidate for a graphical, eclipse-based tool said to simplify the testing of applications written in Java and Swing. The GUIdancer release candidate is available as a 30-day demo for Windows or Unix hosts, and is expected to ship in January, the company says.

According to Bredex, GUIdancer allows users without programming skills to easily create, and maintain tests. Tests are specified using interactive menus, and specification can begin before the AUT (application under test) is available.

GUIDancer uses the Eclipse framework for cross-vendor tools integration
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Bredex says GUIdancer produces tests that are highly reusable, and resistant to changes in the AUT. Additional claimed features and benefits include:

• Advanced observation mode
• Multi-user capacity
• Platform-independent
• Extensible
• Comprehensive manual

Hans-J. Brede, managing director of Bredex, said, “Testers working with GUIdancer can intuitively specify tests without programming. These tests have a high degree of reusability, and are resistent to changes in the application under test. The direct result of this is that the cost and effort involved in testing is considerably reduced.”

Availability

GUIdancer is scheduled to reach general availabilityin January, 2006, priced at 980 Euros, or about $1,177, exclusive of VAT (value-add tax, for German customers only), for a single-user license.

Release candidates for Windows or Unix are available for free download, along with a 30-day demo license download that includes an online manual and numerous sample projects. Also available are a number of Flash-based demonstrations that show the process of creating and running tests.

 
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