Users can collaborate on a thermodynamic project through the use of TEST-Codes. Educators can use TEST-Codes to jump start a complex cycle for the purpose of parametric studies in the classroom. TEST is built ground up in an object-oriented manner. States are manipulated as objects and can be loaded as the inlet or exit states of a device object, or the begin and finish states of a process object. The library of TEST-Codes compiled in the Archive section also comes in handy in this regard.
TEST is universally accessible.
Wherever a web browser is available, TEST can be run over the net. Because mirroring is encouraged, any change in the TEST web site is immediately reflected everywhere ensuring that everyone accesses the same version. A student working in the library can start on a homework problem, email the half-finished solution to himself and, later in the night, finish the solution in his dormitory. When a student turns into a professional, TEST would be there as a platform for lifelong learning providing continuity between the academic and professional life. Once a daemon appears on the screen, it runs locally without regard to the speed of the network connection.