Testing of software installers

The report focuses on the problem of testing installers intended for various software in different environments.

It is an extremely important aspect of an end product testing process and without that even the most thoroughly elaborated and well designed software will finally fail to be used in case of any errors during installation process.

To mitigate and even avoid such risks we in Arcadia have created our own installer for a product which requires database scanning, installing additional software (e.g. .NET, Microsoft Windows Installer, etc.) and functioning inside the system such as IIS.