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The Parasoft DTP Plugin and the Parasoft DTP Plugin for Java allow you to work with Parasoft DTP Engines for Java from your IDE. This gives you an interface to perform several functions:

Running local code analysis
Viewing and interacting with analysis findings
Setting test configurations
Creating and executing unit tests
Collecting test findings and coverage
Importing data from DTP server

Parasoft Jtest Desktop facilitates:

STATIC ANALYSIS	pattern-based analysis flow-based analysis code duplication analysis metrics analysis continuous static analysis
UNIT TESTING	creating unit tests with Unit Test Assistant evaluating tests cases improving test quality
COVERAGE ANALYSIS	unit testing coverage Java application coverage

The Jtest Desktop User Guide covers functions and settings available to Jtest Desktop users. For information about integrating DTP Engines for Java with your build tools and deployment on a server, see Automation User Guide or the DTP Engines for Java User Guide shipped with the product.

You can use Jtest within Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA and NetBeans IDEs. Except for the installation section, the screenshots in this manual are examples for Eclipse.

Conventions Used in this Guide

The following conventions have been used in this guide:

[INSTALL_DIR] - Refers to the DTP Engines for Java installation directory. The default name of this directory is jtest. The path to your installation directory may resemble the following: C:\parasoft\jtest.
tool - Refers to the Parasoft tool you are using: Jtest DTP Engine, C/C++test DTP Engine, or dotTEST DTP Engine