FUTS

FUTS News

08-Oct-2007	FUTS v1.1 with improved support for floating point comparisons
20-Mar-2006	FUTS v1.0 initial public release

Download

FUTS is available now for free download (registration required) under the Eclipse Public License. The distribution includes the assertion library, batch test driver script, and a sample SAS reporting application with FUTS unit tests.

• FUTS (Windows zip file)
• FUTS (UNIX/Linux tar.gz file)
• Backward Programming paper
• Product Announcment

What is FUTS?

FUTS is a Framework for Unit Testing SAS® programs. Inspired by testing frameworks such as JUnit and NUnit, FUTS allows SAS programmers to write repeatable test code to test their own work. The core of FUTS is a SAS macro library of assert functions. The assertions allow developers to create tests that compare macro symbols, data sets, and files produced by their SAS code. FUTS also comes with a perl script for batch execution of test suites, automating the process of running tests and reporting results.

FUTS enables SAS programmers to adopt agile methods associated with Test-Driven Development, or Test-First Design. FUTS is also suitable for automating regression tests in any software development lifecycle.

The FUTS assertion library is compatible with the assertion library used by the thinking data® Event System, which manages events detected by assertions in production code, and provides other features for augmenting the manageability of mission-critical SAS applications.

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