HP QuickTest Professional is a test automation tool for functional and regression testing for software applications and environments. HP QuickTest Professional supports keyword and scripting interfaces and features a graphical user interface. It uses the Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) to specify a test procedure and to manipulate the objects and controls of the application under testing.
This book is a great platform for sharing my knowledge of designing and implementing the test automation framework that I have acquired over the years, while working in Information Technology and teaching QTP to professionals. If any professional or student finds it difficult to implement frameworks, this is the right book—one which teaches approaches and concepts with simple examples. This book covers the managerial, technical, and design concepts, and is uniquely designed to deliver the knowledge needed to create an effective framework. It demonstrates easy ways to implement and learn concepts, along with code and suggestions for creating a portable framework across various versions of QTP.
This book also covers the new features for creating test automation using XPath in QTP and JavaScript for automated web applications.
Chapter 1, Automation Life Cycle and Automation Goals, explains the automation life cycle and tool selection which helps to implement better processes for test automation and tool selection. This chapter also explains the overall automation and design goals that help develop a better test automation framework and guides you towards implementing better practices to achieve maximum output.
Chapter 2, Essentials of Automation, explains the key elements for designing test automation using QTP along with examples on how to use each of them. These elements serve as the base to create a complete test automation script.
Chapter 3, Basic Building Blocks for Creating Frameworks, explains the basic code-building blocks (with examples) for designing the implementation of test automation frameworks, all of which are used in implementing the framework(s).
Chapter 4, Understanding and Creating Frameworks, explains what we mean by test automation frameworks and what types of frameworks exist. It guides you towards understanding these frameworks before we design and implement them. The chapter will also highlight the differences and commonalities among them.
It explains the basics of test automation frameworks and builds the user's maturity in implementing test automation framework(s) end-to-end.
Chapter 5, Deploying and Maintaining Frameworks, explains, in the beginning of the design phase, how and what needs to be done to maintain and enhance these frameworks with ease.
Chapter 6, DOM- and XPath-based Framework in Web Applications, explains the various web-based technologies and builds the maturity to implement these technologies for automated web-based applications. It explains HTML, XPath, DOM, JavaScript, and how to use them effectively for creating test automation scripts.
Chapter 7, Capturing the Lessons Learned, explains what should be captured for lessons to be learned and how to make sure that these lessons help in future projects or serve as input in other projects.
We require the following software to get started with the book:
QTP 11.0
Windows XP or Windows 7 32 bit with IE 8
Patch QTPWEB_00078 for IE 9
Patch QTP_00699 for Windows 7 64-bit
Patch QTPWEB_00086 Support for 64-bit IE
This book is useful for manual testers, test leads, test architects, automation engineers, and aspiring test automation engineers who want to learn, create, and maintain the framework. It allows them to accelerate the development and adaptation of the test automation framework. This book will equip the tester with the technical and conceptual know-how for creating a framework using QTP.
This book is also useful for those moving from manual testing to test automation and QTP.
Code words in text, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, and user input are shown as follows: "The <html> tag is the root node and it has no parent node."
A block of code is set as follows:
Window("WinFlight").WinButton("Insert Order").Click
'Window("WinFlight").WinButton("Button").Click
'When QTP tries to execute the below statement, application will not allows to click on the button, since it is waiting to reach progress bar to 100% and display the message Insert Done..
' Here script will fail
' We need to insert the dynamic synchronization point and this waits until the text does not changes to Insert Done…
'Window("WinFlight").ActiveX("ThreedPanelControl").WaitProperty "text", "Insert Done...", 10000New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, in menus or dialog boxes for example, appear in the text like this: "Clicking on the Next button moves you to the next screen."
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