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Two separate setup installations

To enable the free distribution of recorders (trace agents) and independent tracing for advanced test automation, the program has been divided into two separate setups that run independently from one another.

The installation consists of 2 setups and 1 sample program
1st setup:       Just the recorder
2nd setup:      Recorder + SpeedTrace client

Both setups can be dowloaded directly from here:

http://dotnet-profiler.com/get-net-profiler-and-tracer-now/#pro_ctp

Test automation interface …

SpeedTrace Pro First Preview 3.4 Upgrade thus adds the following new features:

1. TraceAgentService (1st setup) runs independently without SpeedTrace license. So you now have a setup without the graphic configuration and analyzing component.

2. You now also have a test automation interface (2nd setup)!
a) Via Library (Tracing API)
- Recording API
- Analysis API
b) Via Command Line Interface (command files control the recorder)

… enables regular sanity check monitoring

This is only the first part of the features Version 3.4 will eventually have. But the features should come in useful to perform the sanity checks you might want to carry out regularly on your own or your clients’ apps:

(A) Command Line Interface

• The command line interface tool ipcas.SpeedTrace.SpeedTraceTool.exe is located in the folder <SpeedTraceAppDir>\etc.
• A sample command line file  (TestJob.txt) is located in the folder <SpeedTraceAppDir>\Samples\Testautomation\viaCLI

(B) Tracing API (Recording & Analysis)

• sample AutomationRecorderTester.csproj can be found in the folder <SpeedTraceAppDir>\Samples\viaAPI\AutomationRecorderTester

We welcome your evaluation feedback …

Since these features are still in the initial stages of testing, we would warmly welcome any suggestions you may have and ask you to report any difficulties the moment they crop up so that we can set things right as soon as possible. Should you have any questions, comments, or wishes, please do not hesitate to contact us at holger.heinrich@ipcas.de or bruce.roberts@ipcas.de

… and offer our fullest support

Of course, you will on request receive our ample support for best practices to profile and trace your app to your best advantage. We’d also be delighted to be able to demonstrate the full scope of SpeedTrace Pro to you and your colleagues and answer any further questions you may have in a cost-free Webinar.

You may also download the SpeedTrace Pro pre-release Version 3.4 from our SpeedTrace download section.

New major cutting-edge features

New features of the 3.4 Version (CTP to be released next week) include:

• Test automation interface
• Remote machine tracing
• Performance counters, e.g. CPU usage, I/O, Memory linked to the SpeedTrace outputs

So far the test automation interface and remote tracing have been implemented.

The test automation environment …

By separating the trace and analysis (profiling) components even further, you are now able to treat an almost unlimited array of clients (projects, applications, components, etc.) simultaneously in a distributed parallel fashion within your own test environment. All you have to do now is have each client download a “Redistributable Recorder Package” free of charge to install an independent (“distributed”) trace agent that traces the respective applications and records the entire operation process automatically similar to the “black box” in the field of aviation.

… and remote tracing capabilities …

Supported by this new test environment and remote tracing potential  (also for distributed apps) added to the SpeedTrace Pro software, you now have – at the server end – direct remote access to all your clients’ trace scenarios. Remote tracing of distributed apps is also enabled. At regular intervals or in emergency situations you can from there immediately view and interpret these trace recordings with our licensed software, perform the respective performance analyses, and evaluate for quick remedial action and expedient quality improvements.

… help you integrate QA into your development cycle!

Test automation and remote tracing is geared to streamline the organization of your performance analysis, testing routine, and problem-solving to the high level of systematic monitoring and quality control. It thereby thoroughly integrates QA into your development lifecycle management.

More specifics and the respective links for download will be submitted in our next entry in a couple of days …