Luxoft, a provider of advanced application and product development services for enterprise wireline and wireless telecommunications market, has unveiled an open source test automation framework designed to streamline productivity, lower cost of ownership and reduce time to market.
Dubbed as Twister, the new test automation framework is designed to meet the specific needs of enterprise communications market. It benefits every developer in the industry by offering an efficient test automation solution for achieving higher productivity and reducing recurring development expenses, company officials said.
Twister enables resilient and adaptable test automation frameworks in the Cloud. By embracing the community and open platform concepts, Twister also advances product development efficiency by making complexity manageable and results predictable. With this platform, wireline/wireless telecommunications equipment vendors, data system integrators and enterprise data service providers get a distributed, comprehensive and open platform that helps increase operational efficiency while testing telecommunication of specific devices, such as routers, switches or PBXs.
Furthermore, Luxoft’s Twister offers a compelling blend of an open source platform and fully supported toolset by ensuring developer’s convenience and efficiency. Engineers can start testing and immediately eliminate the delays caused by the need to re-create specific test frameworks for every product launch.
“Efficient test automation is crucial for achieving higher productivity and reducing recurring development expenses,” said Doru Mardare, managing director of Luxoft’s Telecom Services practice, in a statement. “Our professional development services can further accelerate the time-to-market for products of our clients and, hence, improve their overall efficiency,” Mardare added.
Twister supports common scripting languages like TCL and Python and Perl, so engineers can design and prepare testing scenarios using a preferred scripting language without having to learn new proprietary framework commands. With high controllability, users can identify customized statistics and see summary, details and historic statistics. The platform also supports popular record and play tools such as, Sikuli, Selenium and TestComplete, allowing users to record and play the testing process against the GUI device prior to final testing.
Twister also provides customization services by utilizing open source software platforms and scalable offshore service delivery models. These services ensure Twister framework is tailored to meet specific project performance requirements.
In another recent announcement, Luxoft unveiled its latest innovation in the automotive sector – the iviLink connectivity platform. iviLink enables seamless connectivity between mobile devices, such as Android (News - Alert) and iOS-based smartphones and tablet PCs and vehicle infotainment systems including head units, radio modules, rear seat entertainment and more.
Edited by Allison Boccamazzo