Testlink is a free open source test case management tool! It
means that it can be freely redistributed and accessed. These kind of open
source tools have been invented so to support the new environment created by
the issues like:
1. Licensing
2. Copyright
3 3. Domain issues
4 4. Consumer issues
Concepts of Open Source Models
- The
whole open source concept works on the principle of the peer production.
- Peer production means collaborating and bartering with the end documentation, source material,
blue prints and product which are available for free to the public.
- The source code of
the testlink is made publicly available and the public is given full right for
modifying, copying and redistributing it at no cost.
- It has evolved
through the community operation which is comprised of many individual software
programmers from large companies.
What purposes are facilitated by Test Link?
Testlink is an open source test management tool and provides
the facilitation for purposes like:
1 1. Test specification
2. Test planning
3. Test reporting
4. Tracking of the requirements
5. Collaborating with the well known bug trackers
Features of TestLink
2. Custom.css
3. Gives an option for creating new test cases and
requirements.
4. Offers the possibility to do a quick DIFF of
the 2 test case versions.
5. Fully supports the internet explorer 9 via
ExtJS 3.4.0.
6. Direct links to each and every requirement can
be generated.
7. Table ruler
8. The requirement versions are well supported by
the internal links.
9. After editing the requirements and
specifications, the tree can be refreshed.
10. The states of the tree can be stored and
restored in a very reliable way.
11. Test result matrix facilitates the filtering by
status.
12. Requirement revisioning.
13. Test case and new requirement comparison method.
14. PHPMAILER
15. Collapse and expand buttons for trees
16. Log messages for the history of the
requirements.
17. MSSQL support
18. IE8 based event viewer
19. Query metrics
20. Improved minor usability
21. Improved tables via EXT- JS
22. Improved filters
23. At the build level,
test case execution assignment has been provided.
In spite of all such great features, currently there are two
features lurking out:
1. The debug messages interfere with the working
of the reports.
2. There are troubles going on with the updating
of the test case executions.
Benefits of TestLink
1. Using the testlink, one can easily integrate one’s test
scripts to get the results.
2. It is a test management tool that is completely
independent and is very effective in managing testing cycle in a short period
of time.
3. It helps in cutting down the management, development and maintenance
cost of your project, thus making the whole project quite affordable and
feasible for you.
4. It helps in simplifying and accelerating the whole testing
process and reporting by:
- Collecting and organizing all of your test
cases in a dynamic way.
- Tracking the metrics and the results in
association with the test execution.
- Capturing and reporting the details.
- Customizing itself to fit your processes and
requirements.
5. It overall assists you in conducting an
efficient and thorough testing process and makes best use of the experience it
has achieved over 100s of implementations for the clients around the world.
6. The
redistribution of this tool is governed by the GNU general public license.
