SOAtest

SOAtest
Developer(s)Parasoft
Initial release2002 (2002)
Stable release
2025.2 / July 22, 2025 (2025-07-22)
Operating systemLinux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows
TypeTesting, API testing
LicenseProprietary commercial software
Websitewww.parasoft.com/products/soatest/

Parasoft SOAtest is a testing and analysis tool suite for testing and validating APIs and API-driven applications (e.g., cloud, mobile apps, SOA).[1] Basic testing functionality include functional unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, system testing, security testing, simulation and mocking, runtime error detection, web UI testing, interoperability testing, WS-* compliance testing, and load testing.[2][3]

Supported technologies include Web services, REST, JSON, MQ, JMS, TIBCO, HTTP, XML, EDI, mainframes, and custom message formats.[4]

Parasoft SOAtest introduced Service virtualization via server emulation and stubs in 2002;[5] by 2007, it provided an intelligent stubs platform that emulated the behavior of dependent services that were otherwise difficult to access or configure during development and testing.[6][7] Extended service virtualization functionality is now in Parasoft Virtualize,[8] while SOAtest provides intelligent stubbing.

References

  1. ^ Parasoft Launches SOATest: Raising the Bar on API Integrity Archived 2013-10-18 at the Wayback Machine by Greg Bates, June 14, 2013
  2. ^ SOA World Product Review — Testing...1...2...3...Testing by Kyle Gabhart
  3. ^ SOAWorld Magazine, April 9, 2007
  4. ^ How Do We Learn Composite App Testing-Speak? by Adrian Bridgwater. February 14, 2012
  5. ^ Parasoft's Web Service Testing Tool Should Aid Development by Theresa Lanowitz Gartner, May 1, 2002
  6. ^ Parasoft's SOAtest 5.5 Unveiled eBizQ, October 2, 2007
  7. ^ Parasoft virtualizes apps for testing Archived 2011-01-03 at the Wayback Machine by Jeff Feinman, SD Times, November 30, 2009
  8. ^ Parasoft Sends In Software "Liberation" Troops by Adrian Bridgwater, Dr. Dobb's Journal, February 16, 2011