uTest is a software testing company that was founded in 2008 and has since raised $37 million, with over 100 employees testing web, desktop, and mobile applications for over 1,000 customers in 190 countries. They completed over 30,000 test cycles and acquired the mobile app quality tool Apphance. The document describes uTest's technology stack from 2010 to 2012, transitioning from a Flex and Drools Rules engine frontend with a monolithic JBoss backend to a JavaScript, jQuery, and REST API frontend with Spring, Hibernate, and automated deployments to MySQL and AWS on the backend.

1. Testing Software In-the-Wild
• uTest: Expansion, Acquisition and Growth
– Founded 2008 - raised $37MM in four rounds of funding from top VCs
– HQ in Southborough, MA
– Offices in Cambridge, the Valley, Seattle, NYC, London & Tel Aviv
– 100+ fulltime employees
– Test web, desktop and mobile apps “In-the-Wild” in the real world
– Completed more than 30K test cycles for 1,000+ customers
– 70,000 professional testers from 190+ countries
– Acquired mobile app quality tool Apphance in seven-figure deal
– Named America’s 16th-fastest growing private company in 2012
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2. uTest Platform Tech Stack 2010-2011
• Client-side:
– Adobe Flex, talking AMF to server
• Server-side:
– Apache
– Jboss
- Drools Rules engine
- Home-spun scheduling
- Hibernate
– MySql
• Operational Problems:
– Drools problems hard to diagnose
– Monolithic
– No automation
– Manual Deployment
– No Production Monitoring
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3. uTest Platform Tech Stack 2011-2012
• Client-side:
– JavascriptMVC
– Jquery, Bootstrap
– REST API to backend
• Server-side:
– Apache / Tomcat
- Spring
- Hibernate
– MySql / AWS RDS
• Operational Improvements
– Test Automation
– Semi-continuous, Automated Deployment (by Developers)
– Production Monitoring
– Feature Gating / “Dark Launches”
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