Hexawise recent updates

Hexawise recent updates

June 10, 2014
IMPROVED
An empty new plan now has explanatory text as to why it's empty.
FIXED
404 when adding a user to an empty project
IMPROVED
Long rendering times with very large numbers of any values and very large numbers of value expansions

Any value replacement has to check for value pair constraints and so is inefficient as the numbers get very large. We updated the heuristics we use to decide when to leave "any value" without a replacement.

IMPROVED
Better UI when sharing a plan with a new project

A confirmation dialog is shown so you know the operation completed successfully, and the new project is scrolled into view in the plans/projects panel.

May 29, 2014
NEW
Plan scorecard warns about unused value expansion values

In Hexawise equivalence classes are expressed with value expansions. Since they are considered equivalent to each other for the sake of the test plan, every value expansion value is not guaranteed to appear in at least one generated test case (which is why they can be a key strategy to reducing the number of test cases). The plan scorecard now lets you know when you have value expansion values that do not appear in any generated test case so you can make an informed decision about the trade offs.

NEW
Plan scorecard warns when a plan may be overly constrained

It's often a sign the test plan may be too large in scope and would be better as multiple test plans.

May 22, 2014
IMPROVED
Password reset usability

Pasting email address now enables the reset button without typing. This is a 2-way fault of a parameter that's often overlooked. Was the value typed or pasted?

NEW
Quiz retake notifications

You'll now receive an email when it's time to retry a quiz.

IMPROVED
Test case value table styling

Not so cramped.

IMPROVED
Password matching usability

Handy popovers.

IMPROVED
Export dialog aesthetics

Oooh... pretty.

May 14, 2014
FIXED
Flickering on requirements drop downs in IE 8

Thanks to Remin and Courtney for reporting this.

IMPROVED
Content and styling of Plan Scorecard

Just a bit easier to read and use now.

May 9, 2014
FIXED
Issue when using parameter value with a % in it in a requirement, then navigating away from the page and selecting save at the resulting dialog

A rare 3-way fault in production! Now fixed.

May 8, 2014
FIXED
Very long parameter names are now truncated in the Auto-Scripts parameter drop down

Thanks to Robin for pointing out this issue in the forums.

IMPROVED
Password reset usability

The same usability features in the registration and password update interface are now available password reset interface.

NEW
Plan Scorecard

There is now a set of observations and recommendations about your test plan available in the "Analyze Tests" tab, and in a sheet in the Excel export.

April 29, 2014
FIXED
"Relax" with an unsaved step

The "Relax" auto-generate auto-scripts button would appear as soon as you had a step 1 that met the criteria, but the button didn't actually work until you saved the step. Now it works to save the step if it wasn't saved before.

IMPROVED
Removed rounding from analysis percentages

The pair-wise coverage percentages are now floored to 1 decimal of precision rather than rounded so you won't have multiple tests that show 100.0% coverage in a large plan.

Thanks to Robin for pointing out how this could be confusing.

FIXED
Updated practicum quiz answers

The practicum quizzes answers on security settings now match the new security setting labels.

April 24, 2014
FIXED
Parameters are once again de-duplicated in the parameter re-use drop down
FIXED
2-way test results shown for mixed-strength tests set with every parameter as 3-way

This was a pairwise defect in the caching logic. Hexawise tries to be smart and show you existing cached n-way tests if it has them and you ask for mixed-strength tests with all the same strength. There was a defect when this all the same strength was not 2-way though.

Thanks to Vikramjit and Vikas for reporting this issue.

IMPROVED
Bigger click target for auto-script expected results "Add" and "Save" actions
NEW
Warning about unused value expansions

If you accidentally create a value expansion that doesn't correspond to a parameter value, or you edit or update a parameter value that has a corresponding value expansion, orphaning it, you know get an informative message letting you know.

April 16, 2014
FIXED
Unsaved requirements dialog

Was newly empty except for a spinner in some cases. No longer.