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The Software Health Newsletter
 

Issue 4 - August 28, 2003
Copyright QA Systems BV, The Netherlands
QStudio for Java Pro now free for the Java development community


Effective immediately QA Systems is releasing the single user QStudio for Java Pro at no cost to the Java development community.

"The free Pro version will remain fully supported and will stay current with the developer client functionality of the Enterprise version and we will continue to have the broadest IDE coverage in the marketplace. Developers may use the Pro freely within or without their corporation. A corporation can make use of the Pro at no cost and can purchase optional support if desired", said Roelof Vuurboom, CEO, QA Systems, "By providing this tool - which is the most sophisticated in the marketplace - at no cost to the Java development community, QA Systems is consolidating its market leadership in the area of static analysis tooling in the Java domain".

Apart from its sophisticated analysis capabilities including user definition capabilities, QStudio is unique in incorporating an explicit quality model allowing a direct tie-in to corporate quality processes as well as a seamless migration capability to the multi-user Enterprise version which allows software process managers (project managers and QA managers) and software developers to automate, coordinate and support quality control through a distributed software quality control system.

QStudio for Java Pro can be downloaded at no cost from www.qa-systems.com..

Pro 2.0 release: significant enhancements

 

Pro 2.0 - to be released beginning September - has two significant enhancements: rules for Enterprise Java Bean support and the ability to analyse incomplete Java source bases.

This second feature is a particularly powerful enhancement. In the past if during analyse of a Java project a file was encountered in which information of declarations/imports could not be resolved (due to missing classes) then that file was discarded and QStudio continued onto the following file in the project for analysis.

In Pro 2.0, QStudio now differentiates between those rules requiring the missing information and those rules that do not. As approximately 80% of the rules only need local information to be applied this implies that now 80% of the rules can continue to be applied in incomplete environments. This is a crucial improvement for very large Java projects in particular.

Enterprise 2.0 to be released beginning of October

 

QStudio Enterprise 2.0 will be released at the beginning of October. Besides incorporating the Pro 2.0 analysis capabilities major improvements are being made in improving ease of installation of the product.

Support for IntelliJ and NetBeans Integrated Development Environments

 

  

Java IDE coverage will be extended to include both IntelliJ and NetBeans. QStudio for Java already has the broadest IDE coverage in the industry and this will serve to consolidate that position. IntelliJ and NetBeans support expected in October.

QStudio for C announced

QA Systems will be releasing its QStudio for C product later this year. QA Systems has received numerous requests from its customers to provide support for C as many large Java shops continue to have large C develoment activities also. Stay tuned.

QA Systems significantly extends VAR network

 

  

End August QA Systems signed on its fifteenth Value Added Reseller: the Canadian/US reseller Softchoice. QA Systems reseller partners now provide coverage for a significant part of Asia, Europe, Latin and North America. QA Systems continues to aggressively work to extend it reseller partner list. See www.qa-systems.com/partners for your regional VAR.

QA Systems appoints Wouter Meijers as CTO

 

  

QA Systems has appointed Wouter Meijers as CTO. Wouter comes with some 20 years experience in the IT industry including stints with Philips, Digital and Mphasis. With extensive experience in both large Java projects as well as CMM oriented quality process environements Wouter comes with excellent credentials. "Integrated sofware quality control is a clearly discernible trend in the software development world and QA Systems is extremely well placed to take a leading role in this space" according to Wouter.

New Article and Presentation Available

 

  

Need to understand or explain to others how this kind of technology can improve the software quaity devlopment processes in your organization? Download the article Improving Software Quality Through Static Analysis and the Powerpoint presentation Automating Software Quality Control.

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