SYNOPSIS
BUG TRACKING SYSTEM A bug can be defined as an unexpected defect in a computer program. Number of faults, flows and imperfection can be encountered in an application developed with a given technology and platform. All these bugs should be reported to the organization responsible for the development of that particular software product. All software development companies are interested in getting technical experts. We need a system which can help in tracking bugs with all information about them. The required information about a bug can include: • Time, when the bug first appeared. • Steps to reproduce this bug, if any. • The product name and version related to bug. • Environment (Windows, Unix) in which bug appeared. •
Type of the bug (GUI, Server).
A bug tracking system is a software which can be designed to help programmers in keeping track of reported bugs in their other software products. This can be seen as one of the form of issue tracking system. A bug tracking system allows user to report a detected bug directly to the concerned people who can fix it. A bug tracking system can be integrated with some other software management applications and can be used internally in a software developing organization to improve the team work efficiency.
A bug tracking system maintains a database that records all facts about all detected and reported bugs. The details about bug may include its severity, the unexpected program behavior, the identity of the user who reported it and identity of expert who is fixing it. A bug can be assigned a status according to the stage of its life cycle and can be moved from one status to another status like new, assigned, closed and more. Only an administrator should be allowed to configure the different states of a bug. The complexity of fixing a bug does not depend on the severity of the bug. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: J2SDK1.5 TOMCAT5.5 ORACLE ANY IDE LIKE ECLIPSE3.1