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JAVA TEST TOOLS
Version 8 of Java test tool sports impressive BugDetective analysis features
PARASOFT CONTINUES TO SEND ITS Jtest Java testing suite out to hunt down bad Java code. And Jtest knows that the definition of bad Java code continues to expand: One bit of code might be bad because its developer didn't follow best practices for coding style, making it difficult for other programmers to understand and interface with it. Yet another bit might be bad because it is poorly factored and overly complex, or because it crashes when executed. A different bit of code might be bad because it was written with no consideration for security and could be easily compromised by a malicious hacker.
I've reviewed two previous editions of Jtest - Jtest 7.0 (infoworld .com/3397) and Jtest 5.0 - but in Version 8, Jtest updates and extends several existing features. For example, Jtest 7.0's static-analysis engine came pre-loaded with 500 rules that allowed it to locate problems and coding violations by examining an...