By Sergei Sokolov
Director of Product Management
Test and Performance Solutions

In today’s software development industry, few doubt the usefulness of code profilers and runtime debuggers – these are tools that save hours, and sometimes, weeks of engineering effort to track down tricky performance and memory bugs, or establish required code coverage. In fact, a code profiler is accepted as one of the essentials in the Agile team toolbox – and those teams are anything but hung up on using tools for tools’ sake. So, we are proud to provide you, the user, with the latest version of AQtime, AQtime ...

When creating test scripts, you often need to replace values of some string variables with those of other ones. A typical example is posting information about a computer name and the memory usage to the test log. To perform this task, you have to write script code that assembles the desired string from a number of smaller strings and property values:

Now that TestComplete 8 has been released and you have downloaded it, what are some of the things you should do to learn more about it:

Catch up on New Features with Videos

Get started with the new features by watching some of our TestComplete 8 videos:

• AutomatedQA TestComplete on YouTube
• TestComplete Videos on AutomatedQA.com

TestComplete 8 Training - Keyword-Driven Testing

Another great option to getting started with TestComplete 8's new features is to join the training offered by our partner Falafel Software.

On August 16^th - 18^th, we are offering a keyword-driven testing online training course ...

While TestComplete officially supports web testing in Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape Navigator and any browser based on the Microsoft WebBrowser control, you can also use it to simulate mouse clicks and keystrokes over web pages that are displayed in the Safari browser.

If you are web testing in Safari, TestComplete allows you to access web page elements through its Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) Support plug-in. All you have to do is modify the MSAA settings of your project:

1. Right-click your project in the Project Explorer panel and select Edit | Properties from the ensuing context menu. This will ...

We are very excited to share with you our new name, SmartBear Software! While our name has changed, our commitment to providing you with affordable, powerful software remains unwavering.

You may have heard of the original Smart Bear Software, the peer code review company that makes Code Collaborator. They are now a part of the new SmartBear, which also includes Pragmatic Software’s SoftwarePlanner development and test management tool.

How will this benefit our users?

For one, our community of users has grown to more than 75,000 software developers and testers with the formation of the new company. We ...