Phemisters Launch Cross Platform Bug Tracking Software
Phemisters Software have today announced the release of version 0.9.2
of PhDT, their flagship application. PhDT allows software engineers and
anyone who needs to track issues or defects (or bugs) to create a
flexible tool tailored to their needs. PhDT's simple and low cost
licensing model makes it ideal for small to medium sized businesses or
individuals who need to track problems.
There are many defect tracking applications on the market. These vary
from being free to being very expensive, sometimes costing in excess of
$700 for one license. They also vary from being flexible to limited to
predefined fields and are often very hard to configure. “We realised
that there was a market for a low cost but flexible solution to defect
tracking, said David Smith, a developer at Phemisters Software. œWhen
we set out to create an application to fill this need, we were very
aware that software engineers want cross-platform and configurable
software, he continued, œand so we develo?ed PhDT using Sun's Java
language.
Of paramount importance was the flexibility of PhDT which installs with
a limited set of required fields. “The power of the program is the
ability of the administrator to create a set of fields tailored to
their own problem area” said Dudley Phemister, Phemisters Software test
engineer. “Fields can be created and arranged to suit the user's needs
from a set of types including lists, checkboxes, text, numeric, file
attachments, and so ?n, he continued, œ and I don't think there is any
other package with the same flexibility for this price.
PhDT has three component parts: a server, an administration program,
and a client program. A typical installation will consist of one
server, one or two administration installations, and multiple client
installations. All of these applications will run on any computer for
which there is a Java 1.5 runtime. This means PhDT will run on
Microsoft Windows (Windows 98 upwards), Apple Mac OS X, Sun Solaris,
and GNU/Linux.
PhDT has a rich set of features including rules, actions, filters,
saved searches, reading defects via email, and sending emails to users.
Feature lists and screen shots are available from the company's web
site.
For ease of use PhDT will install with an in-process version of the
free HSQLDB database. “HSQLDB is an excellent choice for PhDT as it is
100% Java which maintains our cross-platform objective”, David Smith
explained. For maximum flexibility and performance PhDT can be
configured to use other SQL-compliant databases for instance the well
know PostgreSQL database.
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