Quick Test Professional(QTP)- Part 1

QTP is best available tool for Functionality Testing. I am starting series of posts on this tool. In this post I am just trying to cover QTP introduction and in next posts I will try to cover further topics.

QTP features:
1. Key word driven testing:
We can record one script and parameterize it for different inputs to verify whether the application works as expected for all the classes of inputs.
2. Suitable for both client server and web based application.

The Tool can be used to test both Client Server and different Web Based Applications.

3. VB script as the script language:
Win Runner uses Test Script Language which is specific to WR but QTP uses VB Script. If you know VB Script then you can enhance or edit your test script.

4. Better error handling mechanism:

5. Excellent data driven testing features.

Advantages of QTP:

1.QTP allows even novice testers to be productive in minutes. You can create a test script by simply pressing a Record button and using an application to perform a typical business process. Each step in the business process is automated documented with a plain-English sentence and screen shot. Users can easily modify, remove, or rearrange test steps in the Keyword View.

2.QTP can automatically introduce checkpoints to verify application properties and functionality, for example to validate output or check link validity. For each step in the Keyword View, there is an ActiveScreen showing exactly how the application under test looked at that step. You can also add several types of checkpoints for any object to verify that components behave as expected, simply by clicking on that object in the ActiveScreen.

3.You can then enter test data into the Data Table, an integrated spreadsheet with the full functionality of Excel, to manipulate data sets and create multiple test
iterations, without programming, to expand test case coverage. Data can be typed in or imported from databases, spreadsheets, or text files.

4.Advanced testers can view and edit their test scripts in the Expert View, which reveals the underlying industry-standard VBScript that QuickTest Professional automatically generates. Any changes made in the Expert View are automatically synchronized with the Keyword View.

5.Once a tester has run a script, a TestFusion report displays all aspects of the test run: a high-level results overview, an expandable Tree View of the test script
specifying exactly where application failures occurred, the test data used,application screen shots for every step that highlight any discrepancies, and detailed explanations of each checkpoint pass and failure. By combining TestFusion reports with Mercury Quality Management, you can share reports across an entire QA and development team.

6.QTP also facilitates the update process. As an application under test changes, such as when a ?Login? button is renamed ?Sign In,? you can make one update to the
Shared Object Repository, and the update will propagate to all scripts that reference this object. You can publish test scripts to Mercury Quality Management, enabling other QA team members to reuse your test scripts, eliminating duplicative work.

7.QuickTest Professional supports functional testing of all popular environments, including Windows, Web, .Net, Visual Basic, ActiveX, Java, SAP, Siebel, Oracle, PeopleSoft, terminal emulators, and Web services.