Affordable Software Test & Automation Solutions

Eggplant™ Starter Edition

At Redstone Software we believe that affordable software test and automation solutions should be accessible to anyone who wants to automate a repetitive action. With this in mind Redstone proudly offers Eggplant™ Starter Edition, an affordable software test and automation solution designed for individuals seeking a cost-effective feature set that puts the power of automation and software testing within everyone's reach.

The Productiveti™ features it offers are:

• Image Doctor
  • Eggplant's Image Doctor can detect and diagnose when your underlying images change. When run in automatic mode the doctor determines the best match and continues script execution without failure. After the test is complete, the user is given the option to automatically update their script with the new image that was found. This significantly improves image recognition and script maintenance. The Image Doctor can also be used interactively while developing scripts to add support for new platforms or languages.
• Image Import
  • In addition to capturing interface elements, Eggplant supports direct image import of TIFF, ICNS, ICO, PICT, GIF, BMP, PNG, PDF, and JPEG images. Simply drag them onto the Images tab of a suite and your images will be imported. This decreases the amount of time required to develop scripts and ensure consistency with development resources.
• Image Collections
  • The same image may have multiple states (highlighted, open folder/closed folder, etc). Eggplant allows various states of an image to be grouped together and accessed within Eggplant using a single name. This allows image representations to be added without the need to modify your scripts. It is also ideal for localization or cross-platform testing where images will be different but the steps remains the same.
• Quick Create
  • Generates a script command, and executes that command, at the same time an image is captured.
• Execution Manager
  • Provides users the ability to control most of the setting that govern timing of interaction with the System Under Test (SUT).
• Capture
  • A fundamental mechanism allowing a user to select and capture an image or part of the System Under Test (SUT) screen. Offers the additional benefit of automatically recognizing when the image being captured is a pulsating button (common in Mac OS X's Aqua interface) and sets the search type to "Pulsing", or sees that the image has very low contrast and sets the search type to "Precise" rather than the default "Tolerant". User can also set the point within or relative to an image that will be treated by Eggplant as the "action location" of that image (where clicks, etc. will occur).
• Image Control
  • Gives Eggplant the ability to search the System Under Test (SUT) screen for the image of an element required during execution. It also allows the script to wait for events to occur on the SUT by watching for specified image(s) to appear on the remote screen. This is particularly useful when you are trying to visually verify results and accelerate script execution by progressing as soon as an event occurs rather than needing to specify a fixed wait time.
• Connection Manager
  • Enables the opening and closing of connections to Systems Under Test during script execution.
• Movie Maker
  • Enables users to record QuickTime® movies of script execution. Ideal for when you need to see what happened, create training materials, etc.

Providing the core software test and automation features you need, Eggplant™ Starter Edition is the clear choice for anyone just getting started and looking for an affordable software test and automation solution.