Software Carpentry QMTest Testing Tool Released

soundsop writes: "The first tool resulting from the winners of a design competition by the Software Carpentry project has been released. The QMTest tool is a testing tool to replace software such as XUnit, Expect and DejaGnu. An issue tracking tool, called QMTrack (a la Bugzilla) is forthcoming. It looks like the winning design proposals for a config tool (autoconf replacement) and a build tool (make replacement) are not being implemented."

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Re:What exactly does this do?

[Harumuka]

SC Test aims to produce regression testing software. This basically means that when software has new features added, regression testing tests to make sure it hasn't taken a step backwards (regressed). In plain english, regression testing tries to prevent new features from introducing bugs. A good introduction to regression testing is at AutomatedQA, although the software there is commerical their few words on regression testing are well worth reading.

This is what Webopedia has to say on the subject:

The selective retesting of a software system that has been modified to ensure that any bugs have been fixed and that no other previously-working functions have failed as a result of the reparations and that newly added features have not created problems with previous versions of the software. Also referred to as verification testing, regression testing is initiated after a programmer has attempted to fix a recognized problem or has added source code to a program that may have inadvertently introduced errors. It is a quality control measure to ensure that the newly-modified code still complies with its specified requirements and that unmodified code has not been affected by the maintenance activity.