R1 2013 – June
Our R1 2013 release of Test Studio is going to be one of the largest updates to the product in recent years. We are refining, enhancing and extending many areas of the product to help push its usability, extensibility and its ability to meet the demands of the new area of automated testing and quality assurance.
So what should you expect in R1:
Recording Experience
One of our top customer feedbacks is the ability to record tests in Chrome, Firefox & Safari in addition to IE. This is coming in R1 2013. We are extending our recording experience to these browsers to enable you to do recording there. But that’s not all, these browsers will not only get the recording capabilities but also a brand new, light-weight recording surface with a brand new UI. The new recording surface is designed to be much more discoverable, intuitive and even simpler to use.
Scheduling & Execution
Many of our customers spend a lot their time in test scheduling, execution and analysis and with R1 we are unifying our back-end execution models to help:
- Simplify setting up remote execution machines. Whether that is for load execution, functional or performance.
- Enable Distributed Execution: This should speed up the execution of large test lists and help get a faster turnaround on results.
- Reduce points of failure: The new remote execution manager will be highly reliable due to the reduced point of failures in the new architecture.
Performance & Memory Usage
We are dedicating a set of resources and some bench marks to enhance the performance of the product across the board. We are also trying to optimize the memory footprint for all our components to make sure Test Studio is as snappy and as light weight as possible. One of the large focuses of this effort are extra-big-projects. Being able to efficiently work with large tests, projects and results sets.
UI Overhaul
Significant sections of the product will go through a UI overhaul. The goal is not to change things drastically but to unify, clean-up and present to you an even more enjoyable experience in Test Studio.
Other Mini Features
In addition to all the above, R1 will contain many new enhancements based on your feedback and your needs as aggregated from our PITS system and support system.
We are very excited to get this release in your hands as soon as possible. It is going to be a phenomenal release that we hope will only delight and help you become even more productive at work!
Thanks,
The Telerik Testing Tools Team