<s>
Eggplant	B-Application
Functional	I-Application
is	O
a	O
black-box	O
GUI	O
test	B-Application
automation	I-Application
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Redstone	O
was	O
acquired	O
on	O
2	O
September	O
2008	O
by	O
a	O
UK-based	O
company	O
called	O
Eggplant	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Testplant	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eggplant	B-Application
Functional	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
two-system	O
model	O
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
a	O
controller	O
machine	O
,	O
where	O
scripts	O
are	O
authored	O
and	O
executed	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
system	O
under	O
test	O
(	O
SUT	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
running	O
a	O
VNC	B-Protocol
server	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eggplant	B-Application
Functional	I-Application
can	O
either	O
connect	O
to	O
the	O
VNC	B-Protocol
server	I-Protocol
via	O
its	O
built-in	O
viewer	O
via	O
TCP/IP	O
or	O
connect	O
to	O
a	O
system	O
that	O
supports	O
Remote	O
Desktop	O
Protocol	O
(	O
RDP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
system	O
that	O
has	O
a	O
VNC	B-Protocol
server	I-Protocol
for	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
a	O
SUT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
Mac-only	O
,	O
the	O
controller	O
environment/IDE	O
is	O
now	O
available	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
using	O
GNUstep	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripting	O
is	O
accomplished	O
using	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
scripting	O
language	O
called	O
SenseTalk	B-Language
,	O
an	O
English-like	O
language	O
that	O
is	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SenseTalk	B-Language
allows	O
for	O
manual	O
script	O
creation	O
or	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
an	O
"	O
assisted	O
scripting	O
"	O
mode	O
,	O
meaning	O
the	O
scripter	O
teaches	O
Eggplant	B-Application
Functional	I-Application
to	O
navigate	O
a	O
system	O
and	O
verify	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
test	O
steps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
feature	O
has	O
been	O
recently	O
added	O
to	O
Eggplant	B-Application
Functional	I-Application
called	O
"	O
Turbo	O
Capture	O
"	O
which	O
facilitates	O
script	O
creation	O
by	O
recording	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
mouse	O
and	O
keyboard	O
actions	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
executed	O
against	O
a	O
live	O
SUT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eggplant	B-Application
Functional	I-Application
then	O
facilitates	O
the	O
image	O
capture	O
process	O
and	O
generates	O
SenseTalk	B-Language
code	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
actions	O
executed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Eggplant	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Testplant	O
)	O
released	O
Eggplant	B-Application
Functional	I-Application
v11	O
,	O
which	O
integrated	O
an	O
Optical	O
Character	O
Recognition	O
(	O
OCR	O
)	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Mac	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
notable	O
achievements	O
of	O
2011	O
include	O
the	O
US	O
Patent	O
received	O
on	O
Eggplant	B-Application
granted	O
by	O
US	O
Patent	O
and	O
Trademark	O
Office	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Eggplant	B-Application
mobile	O
testing	O
solutions	O
enabling	O
network	O
providers	O
,	O
application	O
developers	O
and	O
manufacturers	O
to	O
test	O
software	O
and	O
applications	O
on	O
wireless	O
devices	O
like	O
tablets	O
and	O
smartphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Eggplant	B-Application
Functional	I-Application
was	O
localized	O
in	O
Chinese	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
testing	B-Application
tool	I-Application
,	O
Eggplant	B-Application
Functional	I-Application
uses	O
intelligent	O
image	O
recognition	O
algorithms	O
to	O
"	O
see	O
"	O
the	O
display	O
screen	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
being	O
tested	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
secured	O
a	O
US	O
patent	O
for	O
its	O
"[m]ethod	O
for	O
monitoring	O
a	O
graphical	O
user	O
interface	O
on	O
a	O
second	O
computer	O
display	O
from	O
a	O
first	O
computer	O
"	O
for	O
its	O
GUI	O
testing	B-Application
tool	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eggplant	B-Application
Functional	I-Application
can	O
be	O
run	O
from	O
Mac	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
or	O
Linux	B-Application
to	O
test	O
any	O
platform	O
,	O
technology	O
,	O
or	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
offers	O
a	O
free	O
trial	O
download	O
of	O
Eggplant	B-Application
Functional	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
11	O
added	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
the	O
OCR	O
engine	O
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Lion	O
Support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
12	O
included	O
an	O
Eggplant	B-Application
Functional	I-Application
user	O
interface	O
redesign	O
,	O
consolidating	O
the	O
suite	O
interface	O
and	O
scaling	O
search	O
which	O
allows	O
for	O
testing	O
across	O
different	O
sizes	O
of	O
screens	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
14	O
added	O
database	O
integration	O
via	O
ODBC	O
,	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
eggOn	O
VNC	B-Protocol
for	O
Android	O
,	O
and	O
introduced	O
the	O
Image	O
Update	O
Tools	O
for	O
tweaking	O
images	O
and	O
retraining	O
scripts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
added	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
push	O
an	O
application	O
to	O
a	O
mobile	O
device	O
for	O
installation	O
and	O
added	O
a	O
VNC	B-Protocol
server	I-Protocol
for	O
Android	O
devices	O
that	O
are	O
built	O
into	O
Eggplant	B-Application
Functional	I-Application
and	O
automatically	O
pushed	O
to	O
the	O
Android	O
device	O
when	O
a	O
connection	O
is	O
first	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
VNC	B-Protocol
server	I-Protocol
for	O
Android	O
allows	O
the	O
testing	O
of	O
the	O
Android	O
smartwatch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eggplant	B-Application
has	O
created	O
integration	O
plug-ins	O
for	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
continuous	O
integration	O
and	O
ALM	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
collectively	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Eggplant	B-Application
Integrations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scripts	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
other	O
languages	O
to	O
call	O
out	O
to	O
SenseTalk	B-Language
commands	O
and	O
utilize	O
Eggplant	B-Application
Functional	I-Application
's	O
image-based	O
searching	O
using	O
eggDrive	O
.	O
</s>
