This introduction serves as a high-level overview of the different test approaches and tools, including Java Explorer, Java Framework, .NET Explorer, and .NET Framework that are offered by SilkPerformer SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) Edition.

SilkPerformer SOA Edition license is required to enable access to component testing functionality. Users may or may not additionally have a full SilkPerformer license. Please see the SilkPerformer Components information site for more details.

What can be tested
With SilkPerformer SOA Edition you can thoroughly test various remote component models, including:
• Web Services
• .NET Remoting Objects
• Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB)
• Java RMI Objects
• General GUI-less Java and .NET components

Unlike standard unit testing tools, which can only evaluate the functionality of a remote component when a single user accesses it, SilkPerformer SOA Edition can test components under concurrent access by up to five virtual users— thereby emulating realistic server conditions (with a full SilkPerformer license, the number of virtual users can be scaled even higher). In addition to testing the functionality of remote components, SilkPerformer SOA Edition also verifies the performance and interoperability of components.

SilkPerformer SOA Edition assists you in automating your remote components by:
• Facilitating the development of test drivers for your remote components
• Supporting the automated execution of test drivers under various conditions, including functional test scenarios and concurrency test scenarios
• Delivering quality and performance measures for tested components SilkPerformer offers the following approaches to creating test clients for remote components:
• Visually, without programming (via Java Explorer and .NET Explorer)
• Using an IDE (Microsoft Visual Studio .NET)
• Writing Java code
• Recording an existing client
• Importing JUnit or NUnit testing frameworks
• Importing Java classes
• Importing .NET classes

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