Multi-OS Testing

Jan 14, 2010 4 Replies
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What is the best way to test a particular piece of software on different platforms? We manufacture a device which is accompanied by a small application to configure it. The application is built on the .NET framework so I am mainly concerned with MS operating systems.



Is it best to have a PC dedicated for each OS that I want to test? Or is it perfectly acceptable to use something like Virtual Box (keeping in mind that there are device drivers for this piece of hardware)?


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I'd test it the same way the customer would use it.

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We use the actual hardware when testing our .NET applications. You don't need a dedicated PC for each OS unless you are testing them simultaneously. We have XP, Vista and Windows 7 installed on different partitions of the same hard drive and use multiboot to choose which one to run.

-- Chris Burrows CFB Software Armaide: ARM Oberon-07 Development System

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Or Norton Ghost with a clean image for each.

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If it is pure software, and is not reliant on hardware or particular speed requirements, then Virtual Box should be fine for this. Using snapshots with VB together with a bit of scripting you could automate a lot. It may not be /quite/ as realistic as testing on dedicated boxes, but it would be a great deal faster, easier and cheaper.

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