QTP basics




QTP
Definition:
Quick Test Professional, the advanced solution for functional  test and regression test automation.and it is software  automated testing tool designed for testing various software applications and environments are tested
          Quick Test Professional meets the needs of both technical and non-technical users. It works hand-in-hand with HP Business Process Testing to bring non-technical subject matter experts into the quality process in a meaningful way. Plus, it empowers the entire testing team to create sophisticated test suite
Basic features of QTP:
o    QTP Launched in 2002 (Nov). By Mercury Interactive. Later taken over by HP, in 2007.
o    QTP is an Object Based Testing Tool.
o    QTP is for functional and Regression Testing.
o    It follows Keyword driven approach.
o    It supports Windows Operating Environment only.
o    It supports GUI based (Graphical user interface) and Web based Applications Automation, does not support CUI (Command user interface) Applications.
o    It has multilingual support. (It supports English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc languages with respect to license.)
o    It has adapted Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting edition for programming and excel like spread sheet for Data driven testing.
o    SQL (Structured query language) embedded or inserted with QTP, so we can use SQL statements directly from QTP.
o    It can be integrated with other Tools like Win Runner and Quality Center.
o    It can be used for user interface (UI) test case automation and some limited (Non UI) Test case automation like File system operations and Data base operations.
o    It was derived from Astra Quick Test (mother tool of QTP).
o    It supports IE (Internet Explorer) only for recording tests, for execution it supports other browsers like Mozilla and AOL, opera Etc apart from IE.
o    QTP is a Desktop Application (I-Tier/Stand alone).

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