(August 19, 2002) - Compuware Corporation has recently introduced DevPartner Studio 7.0 Professional Edition, a comprehensive suite of tools for developers building applications and Web services using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and Visual Studio 6.0. DevPartner Studio 7.0 incorporates industry-leading features for code review, automated error detection, performance analysis, distributed application analysis, and code coverage analysis. Developers use DevPartner Studio to accelerate the development of reliable and high-performing applications for the Microsoft .NET Framework, for native Windows applications, and for applications incorporating components of both.

DevPartner Studio is uniquely equipped to help developers learn Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework as they are building new applications. The product seamlessly integrates into the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and Visual Studio 6.0 Integrated Development Environments (IDE). It not only finds errors and performance bottlenecks in code, but also explains the errors and points developers to resources on the Web for further information. The result is better and more reliable code and applications, as well as skill improvements that benefit both the developer and the enterprise over the long-term.

With its extensive user interface integration, DevPartner Studio is a natural extension to the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET IDE. Developers can access the DevPartner Studio suite of tools including options settings, online help, output screens, and saved files without leaving the IDE, improving their productivity and removing the potential for errors while moving back and forth between tools in different development environments.

"Developers are going to face the challenge of learning the .NET platform as they integrate new .NET applications with existing Windows components that incorporate proven business logic," said Kathleen Quirk, Senior Analyst at the Hurwitz Group. "Compuware DevPartner Studio Professional Edition lets developers learn and employ best development practices across the entire application, including both managed and unmanaged code. This enables enterprises to have confidence in the performance and reliability of their .NET applications, and leverage their legacy code by incorporating it into new development initiatives."

DevPartner Studio 7.0 Professional Edition supports software development using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Visual Studio 6.0, or both together, on Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4, Windows ME and Windows 98.