Is FIX Testing "Gratefully Dead"? or "lively"
Mahesh Kumaraguru <>
19 Apr 2008 10:30AM ET> > > > I am trying to guage FIX community's interest in FIX Application
> > > > Certification (FIX Testing). The Certification working group is
> > > > listed as "Inactive"
> > > >
> > > > http://fixprotocol.org/working_groups/inactive
> > > >
> > > > My post (Request for filesharing space for "All" FIX Testing /
> > > > certification documents sharing)
> > > >
> > > > at
> > > >
> > > > http://www.fixprotocol.org/discuss/read/be1e15b8
> > > >
> > > > http://www.fixprotocol.org/discuss/read/25878f0d
> > > >
> > > > received no replies. Except for a few occasional postings in the
> > > > Certification discussion forum by developers / testers /
> > > > FIXperimentors, I do not see any interest in this area. Is the
> > > > practice of FIX Testing "Gratefully Dead"? If it is, then I do not
> > > > want to be counted a Dead Head ;-( for being active in "this
> > > > GraveYard".
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > K. Mahesh +1-203-252-4039
> > >
> > >
> > > I work for SIG, and a good percentage of my work week if FIX
> > > Testing, either with our 3rd party vendor or with our customers. Our
> > > protocol between client and server if FIXED based. Our customers can
> > > connect to us with FIX 4.0,4.1,4.2, or 4.4. We need to handle and
> > > version. So from my perspective, FIX Testing is not dead by any
> > > means.
> >
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I think this is the right place to post my query about FIX Testing . I
> > have been searching for urgent information about FIX .
> >
> > Is anyone aware of any load testing designed for FIX protocol.
> >
> > Please respond to this message if you have any information.
> >
> > Rashi
>
> Hi Rashi ,
>
> Load testing can be accomplished either using commercially available
> simulators for FIX (VeriFIX etc). You could also use API level load
> testing based whether you have access to them or not. One more
> alternative is to use load testing tools like loadrunner etc for this.
>
> All, we(Wipro Technologies) do different types of FIX testing for our
> customers in the securities space. FIX Testing is a lively world...
>
> Regards Pandiyan
Hi Pandiyan,
Let me define levels of "FIX Community" as
Individual - Single person(myFIX for me) - Accepted that FIX testing (and development) at an individual level is a very lively and interesting thing.
Firm - A single Buy side / Sell side / ECN / Exchange / Broker / DMA / Vendor / etc. - More and more of these are moving into / adding FIX.
FIXProtocol.org - This website and by its proclamation "All FIX on Earth" - Newer version of the protocol FIXT.1.1 / FIX.5.0 have been released after FIX.4.4 was released, Algo trading has been released,...so lively.
I am benchmarking to 4 because Certification working group was created for version 4 only for Fixed Income because other asset classes could not afford the prohibitive cost of FIX Certification.
My restated question is "Is FPL the Organization's interest in FIX certification Gratefully Dead? more specifically "Is FPL Management's interest towards providing FIX Certification documentation for "all FIX" Gratefully Dead?
When I say All FIX, I am not meaning - start writing FIX Certification documents from FIX 4.0 onwards to FIX.X.Y :-( because as we document from 4.0 onwards, newer versions of FIX may come into existence :-) Be able to provide Certification documents for newer releases / features.
Signs of no life ie. dead are
1) FIXT.1.1 testcases exist, but there are no easy links to it from the main page.
2) FIX.4.4 Fixed Income documents webpage http://www.fixprotocol.org/cert/ does not have a easy access link from this website's home page. or spec page.
3)Certification Working Group is inactive
4) My post http://www.fixprotocol.org/discuss/read/25878f0d received no replies.
So we are both right in our observations - FIX Certification at an individual level is lively, at FPL / FIX World level is unfortunately Gratefully Dead, may God give peace to the dead and the courage to the living to bear the loss.
Amen.
K. Mahesh
