ReplayDIRECTOR™ is a software debugging tool that gives VCR, or DVR-like functionality to any software.

As you are running your software, ReplayDIRECTOR™ is transparently recording every line of code that is executed. This results in a perfect recording of your software. If you find a bug, you can simply press play to see it again.

ReplayDIRECTOR™ is recording your program, not the video or screen output. Every line of code that your program executes will be recorded, and will playback exactly the same.

When you playback a recording, your software is running. This means any bug that occurred during the recording will be reproduced perfectly when you playback.

ReplayDIRECTOR™ is a 'binary instrumentation tool'. When installed, it analyzes the compiled binaries of your application and identifies everything that must be recorded in order to create a perfect recording of your software.

Every potential source of non-determinism is captured and recorded for later playback. Although this is an intensive process, it takes under 10 seconds to complete.

ReplayDIRECTOR™ is a high-performance system that has almost no impact on performance. Replay is designed to be seamless and transparent. This means you can be recording all the time, even during production with software in-the-field with customers.

With 'always-on' recording, if you, or your customer ever finds a bug, you will never have to worry about reproducing it.

No, ReplayDIRECTOR™ does not require any changes to your application code

The recorded session size varies by the nature of the application. A recording of an application that queries a database and receives a large dataset in response will be larger than a recording of simple web browsing.

Yes! Recordings made of online software applications can be Replayed at anytime, even without a network connection.

This means you can record internet applications with many users, then playback that recording perfectly with all of the network data, timings, asynchronous network input and all other non-deterministic events occuring exactly as they were recorded.

Absolutely. When you playback a recording, the software will be running. You can playback recordings from the debugger, or attach  a debugger to a playback already in progress. All of your symbols will be valid in the debugger.

You can set breakpoints, single-step through code, and inspect data. Your software is running just as it did when you recorded it.

ReplayDIRECTOR™ supports widely used Java application servers, including Tomcat and WebLogic.

No. Since ReplayDIRECTOR™ records every potential source of non-determinism in your application, it feeds the recorded data back to your application during playback in the correct sequence. The result is a perfect, line-for-line playback execution of the software you have recorded, without the need to reproduce the original environment.

Sharing of recordings between QA personnel and developers is seamless. All recorded sessions can be viewed in through the ReplayDIRECTOR™ Server. From the server’s dashboard, you can search for particular recordings, or filter just those that contain issues, and replay them.

No, ReplayDIRECTOR™ is not a substitute for load testing tools or regression testing tools, but complements them. You can have ReplayDIRECTOR™ recording while you run your functional tests, or as you stress-test your application under load, to capture the difficult to reproduce bugs that these tools uncover. Later, you can debug your application using your standard debugger or profiler, without the need to rerun the testing tools.

Yes, absolutely. If you would like to try ReplayDIRECTOR™ with your software, please get in touch with us to arrange your evaluation.