Debugging Software

The networking folks do amazing things when they have the information they need to diagnose issues and make decisions. They use Deep Packet Inspection to inform everything from bandwidth management, equipment outages and security because DPI gives them the absolute ground truth about their network’s behavior.

We’ve just introduced ReplayDIRECTOR 3.5 and while dot releases are not typically something to shout about, this release represents the front edge of our “Deep Application Inspection” initiative that will deliver the same kind of ground truth for application execution that Deep Packet Inspection provides for the network.

RD 3.5 takes our log viewing and amplification capabilities available in the Eclipse IDE and exposes the details in our standard web UI along with information highlighting defect markers, transactions, users and even client screen shots. In upcoming releases we will be adding a wide variety of deep execution detail to the log view and exposing that data not only in our web UI, but in IDE’s and dashboards of complementary diagnostic and profiling products that provide management information across the software development lifecycle.

Because we see and replicate every method call, exception, db call, variable value, code sequence, etc. there is no more precise and comprehensive record of program execution. Deep Application Inspection is the engine for the diagnostic train and everyone from Dev to QA to Security to Operations can get on board to advance their mission of producing and maintaining high-quality, reliable business solutions.

We’ve spoken a great deal about the impact of agile on the software development process and how it has highlighted the need for new approaches across the lifecycle. Now it’s your turn to weigh in.

Theresa Lanowitz, Founder, voke, inc. is now conducting a new survey focusing on the reality and hype of agile. It’s quick to fill out and will yield some very fresh insights into the how’s and why’s of agile development.

Check it out. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LT2SK6X

Anyone who lives on the California arc of the Ring of Fire knows that there is no such thing as geologic stability. We sit on tectonic plates that inexorably move and change direction, mostly unseen and unfelt until the big one(s) hit.

In the world of software, news that CA bought iTKO and Compuware acquired Dynatrace reminds us that as changes continue to grind away in the software development lifecycle, earthquakes like these two acquisitions will inevitably occur. The traditional silos of development, test and deployment/operations have been colliding for years as agile, DevOps and Cloud play to the overall need to reduce the time and effort to produce new business solutions.

The fact that two predominantly APM vendors have dived headfirst into ALM starkly illustrates the need to provide seamlessly integrated tools and management across a rapidly changing software development process. Leverage and value are now moving from “after the fact” monitoring and issue triage to pre-deployment detection and resolution.

ALM products are now at a premium because they can be effective at any point of the software development lifecycle.