This article describes how the Open Source tool OpenSTA facilitated the
system integration testing of a middleware solution based on IBM WebSphere
Application Server and the Websphere Branch Transformation Toolkit (BTT).
OpenSTA automation improved test execution accuracy and reproducibility while
preserving the project's tight test budget. With the benefit of the lessons
learned and the key OpenSTA workarounds documented here, you may want to
consider OpenSTA for your own distributed application testing strategy.
Why an Open Source Test Tool?
A recent project for a financial institution delivered a middleware
infrastructure to support an Interactive Financial Exchange (IFX) messaging
interface between line-of-business applications and the business's core
financial system... (more)
Testing distributed transactional systems involves wrangling a lot of test
data and test scripts. IBM's Greg Herringer describes how OpenSTA helped to
automate his project's system integration testing activity without breaking
the testing budget.
The article describes how the open source tool OpenSTA facilitated system
integration testing of a middleware solution based on IBM WebSphere
... (more)