Japanese Software Testing Company ,SHIFT Inc. announces the launch of the world simplest Software te

MINATO-KU, Japan - March 19, 2015 - PRLog -- Tokyo, Japan: Today, SHIFT Inc. a Software testing company specializing in the third-party software testing and quality assurance, is pleased to announce the launch of their new Web service called “Chibineko”（tʃí bɪ né kou）(https://chibineko.herokuapp.com/en). Chibinekois a Web service focusing on the “testing” part of software development process for developers.

The purpose of software testing is to verify that the product works in accordance with its specifications.

By simply listing test cases as if writing in a notepad, a unique test program page is created that can then be used for testing by simply going through the list while marking Pass/Fail. Chibineko is an exceptionally simple tool made especially for manual testing.

To be honest, testing is tediously detailed work. For developers expecting to do creative work, although “testing” is an important process and shouldn’t be skipped, it is just boring or unexciting to proceed. Chibineko was built on the concept that testing should be easier and more enjoyable.

Currently, Excel, Google Spread Sheet, and other similar tools are used in a number of settings, but these have all been created with the assumption that they would be used for multiple tasks.  At first, the blank white canvas and colorful options seem useful, but on the other hand, the user has to customize the application every time before it can serve their needs. Changing the color and appearance of cells, writing a function to count the number of fail states: these are essentially all unnecessary tasks that have nothing to do with testing itself.

In this respect, Chibineko's specialization on testing makes the flow from the creation of test cases and the actual testing exceptionally simple.

Kazuma Yamashita, a Chibineko developer, said “for users, the most important thing is being simple.”

The simplicity is not merely limited to the UI or functionality, but in how the user "can simply use it without needing to consider an overload of things". Chibineko is the tool he created to solve the problems he experienced daily.

User’s voice from Japan:

- “It has a clean look and is easy to use. You can create test cases, and write with indentations similar to Markdown, all in an exceptionally intuitive way.”

- “This is seriously useful! Without it, our work load and management costs were horrible. I know how hard it is to use Excel or other spreadsheets for testing.”

- “The controls feel nice and smooth. You can create test cases, and write with indentations similar to Markdown, all in an exceptionally intuitive way”

From now on, simplicity is an absolute requirement. SHIFT is using their accumulated know-how in software quality assurance to provide ingenious new features, a version for business-use, and so on.

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About SHIFT Inc.:

SHIFT Inc. is a software testing company based in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 2005, Japan has been somewhat proud of their nature when it comes to "product quality", and the software quality assurance company we took public last year is no exception. We are targeting customers in the areas of enterprise, entertainment, and embedded software businesses. Regardless of the industry, our standardized and inexpensive testing system, based on our unique methodology, is both effective and efficient. Our tools, personnel, and know-how allow the growth of our accomplishments to accelerate our business.