Automated Testing Tools & Solutions: Work at Scale

How It Works

Parasoft’s static analysis solutions implement many different techniques to deeply analyze code, including:

• Pattern analysis
• Flow analysis
• Metrics analysis
• Code complexity
• Duplicate code

Each type of analysis helps look for certain classes of errors and find bugs early when they’re cheaper and easier to fix. Additionally, our static analysis solutions enforce conformance against coding and software engineering standards like those for security (CERT, CWE, OWASP) and functional safety (ISO 26262, DO-178C DAL-A, IEC 61508, and more). 

An optional integration with various LLM providers like OpenAI and Azure OpenAI explains the guidelines and reason a violation is important, providing specific remediation advice based on the rule/checker and a developer’s code to fix issues quickly.

Parasoft DTP’s reporting and analytics engines apply various AI models to the findings to automatically prioritize and triage the output, giving development teams the advantage of concentrating on what matters most and knowing what they can safely ignore. 

How It Works

Developers and testers can leverage SOAtest’s AI to analyze traffic patterns and create test scenarios that make the API calls represented by that traffic. It’s easy to maintain the created tests and reuse them for load, performance, and API security. 

Here’s how teams can put our API testing solutions to work:

1. Use the SOAtest Smart API Test Generator to automatically convert recorded traffic captured through proxies or from actions on a web UI into maintainable, scalable, and automated API tests that fit into DevOps workflows. 
2. Test fast and effectively. Determine exactly which tests need to be executed to validate changes and fixes with AI-augmented test impact analysis.
3. Manage and create simulations of unstable or unavailable dependencies and generate virtual test data that complies with privacy regulations to test at any time without delays.

How It Works

Teams can satisfy performance requirements by repurposing SOAtest API test cases. Select an API component or scenario test and use SOAtest’s Load Test module to set load levels to evaluate server response rates, detect functionality issues under load, and assess scalability. 

SOAtest facilitates monitoring performance metrics and the distribution of virtual users across remote servers to simulate extreme loads. Teams can integrate performance testing into CI/CD pipelines and utilize SOAtest’s Load Test Continuum to track performance trends over time, enabling the early detection and mitigation of potential issues before they escalate into costly problems. 

Use SOAtest’s sister solution, Virtualize, for service virtualization to further enhance performance testing. Decouple dependencies, enabling more accurate simulation of real-world conditions and facilitating comprehensive performance evaluation across various scenarios.

Penetration Testing 

SOAtest’s out-of-the-box integration with OWASP ZAP makes it easy to verify that APIs meet security requirements. 

1. Codelessly create API tests with SOAtest’s AI. 
2. Check APIs for security vulnerabilities related to the OWASP Top 10 and CWE by leveraging the OWASP ZAP integration. 

Teams using Burp Suite for security testing can optionally integrate with SOAtest for API security testing. The easy reuse of API functional test cases for API security testing helps teams shift left and validate the security posture of APIs early in the SLDC to avoid late-stage rework.