The Eclipse Test and Performance Tools Platform (TPTP) Project addresses the entire test and performance life cycle, from early testing to production application monitoring, including test editing and execution, monitoring, tracing and profiling, and log analysis capabilities. The platform supports a broad spectrum of computing systems including embedded, stand-alone, enterprise, and high-performance and will continue to expand support to encompass the widest possible range of systems.

By looking inside your application with TPTP during each stage of the application life cycle, you can:

1. Save time and increase stability by automating tests and running tests more often
2. Save aggravation by finding problems in your application faster and with less difficulty
3. Find performance bottlenecks and other metrics easily

Significant new function have been added to every new TPTP release, making the test, performance and monitoring life cycle even easier. Browse the quick tour viewlets of TPTP to learn how you can benefit. The viewlets below demonstrate how you could hone a J2EE application.

For your convenience, you can download the sample code used by the viewlets.

1. Profiling a WTP web application using the TPTP profiling tool
   WTP users can use context sensitive pop-up actions and a pre-configured shortcut to profile an application using the TPTP profiling tools.
   
   
2. Creating manual tests for the project
   Create tests for the J2EE project that a human tester will perform.
   
   
3. Creating URL tests for the project
   Automate performance testing of HTTP applications with URL tests.
   
   
4. Profiling the project
   Pinpoint performance and memory problems in the web site.
   
   
5. Analyzing logs and trace
   Combine logs from different sources into a single unit for analysis. Collect detailed runtime information about the program's objects.
   
   
6. Monitoring the project
   Monitor metrics such as the processor time.
   
   
7. Creating BIRT reports based on profiling information
   Use the BIRT report designer to produce custom reports based on profiling information.
   
   
8. Generate BIRT reports based on test execution history, trace and Common Base Event logging models
   TPTP reports organizes information in charts and tables to help users find trends and analyze data.
   
   
9. Instrumenting your application using  Dynamic Probekit
   Use TPTP Dynamic Probekit functionality to instrument and monitor your application execution. Dynamic Probekit is available starting with TPTP 4.2.0.
   
   
10. JVMTI profiling support
    The new Java Profiler in TPTP allows you to profile your applications running in Java 1.5 and higher Java virtual machines. This Java profiler supports the Java Virtual Machine Tooling Interface (JVMTI) that replaces the experimental Java Virtual Machine Profiling Interface (JVMPI). The JVMTI replaces the JVMPI (Java Virtual Machine Profiling Interface) and the JVMDI (Java Virtual Machine Debug Interface).
    
    
11. Using Managed Agent Explorer to manage Apache Tomcat server
    
    
12. Build to Manage toolkit
    Today's IT infrastructure is more complex than ever. Even 'basic' applications involve multiple layers of middleware, databases, HTTP servers, etc. These environments tend to be very heterogeneous, consisting of technology from multiple vendors as well as open source. The Build to Manage (BtM) toolkits make it easy for developers to add manageability to distributed Java applications. Each Build to Manage toolkit focuses on a different facet of the manageability opportunity. Industry standards, e.g. JMX, ARM, WSDM, are leveraged in order to provide the highest degree of integration with enterprise management solutions.
    
    
1. ARM, JMX, and Common Base Event
   Build to Manage instrumentation adds support to the TPTP collector framework to help instrument code using ARM, JMX, or Common Base Event. ARM measures application availability and performance. It collects response times and application-detected errors, with sampling used to lower data collection overhead.
   
   Introduction to profiling stand-alone Java applications using ARM
   Profiling the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) sample using ARM
   Profiling Java Servlet-based applications deployed into Apache Tomcat using ARM
   Static Instrumentation of a Web Application Archive (WAR) using ARM and ProbeKit
   

1. Automated GUI recording
   TPTP's Automated GUI Recorder allows users to record and playback user interactions under the Eclipse platform. The purpose of the feature is to allow users to automate functional test cases for applications developed under the Eclipse environment.