QTP Framework

This section provides concepts on How to implement Automation Framework. It explains about Automation Infrastructure development, Resources creation, Driver script creation, Initialization script creation etc. It describes data driven framework, keyword driven framework and Hybrid framework in detailed manner. It also provides Test estimations, Approvals, Reporting, Organizing and maintaining frameworks. **********************************************

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QTP Job News

This section Provides QTP Job news weekly. Information can be collected by Employers, Consultants and employees. QTP Professionals can use this information and their resumes directly to Employer's and consultants mail ids.

QTP Certification

This section provides HP QTP Certification guidelines and model Questions, It useful for QTP test professionals for preparing Certification exam.

QTP Training Programs

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Manual Testing Documents

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QTP Other Topics

This section provides QTP Related articles and other information like, challenges in Test Automation using QTP, Migrating Test scripts from old version to New version, QTP trends, enhancements, New release information, Browser compatibility issues etc.. ************************************************************* Overview a) Disadvantages of Manual Testing 1) Huge Amount of Human Resources as well as Environment (Test lab) 2) Time taking process 3) Less Accuracy 4) Tideness b) Advantages of Test Automation 1) Fast 2) Reliable 3) Accurated 4) Reusable 5) Repeatable 6) Comprehensive c) Draback of Test Automation 1) Expensive 2) Technical expertise 3) 100% Automation not Posible d) Types of Test Tool Business cla Technical cla -------------------------------------Vendor Tools Functional & Regression Test tools Opensource Performance/Load/stress Test tools In-House Test Management Tools Defect Management Tools Security Unit Test tools Etc... -----------------------------------------------------------------------I) Basic Features of QTP ------------------------------------------------------------------------a) QTP Supporting Environments 1) UI (GUI/Windows and Web) 2) Only Windows (Clien side and Server side) b) Version History QTP derived from Astra QuickTest(1.0....5.0) 5.6 2002 (Nov) 6.5 2003 8.0 2004

8.2 2005 9.0, 9.1 2006 9.2 2007 9.5 2008--------HP 10.0 2009 (Jan) c) QTP License(Seat/Node Locked and Concurent/Float) c) QTP IDE 1) QTP Features Ex: Recording, Checkpoints, Object Repository etc... 2) Integrated Tools (HP) Ex: Password Encoder, Test Batch Runner, Test Result Dletion Tool etc.. 3) Integrated Tools (Others) Ex: Spread sheet, VB Script Engine, SQL Engine, MS Script Debugger d) Key elements of QTP 1) Test Pane 2) Active Screen 3) Data Table 4) Debug Viewer 5) Information Pane 6) Missing Resources 7) QTP Commands --------------------------------------------------------------------------II) QTP Test Process --------------------------------------------------------------------------Manual Test Process (STLC) Vs QTP Test Process ----------------------------------------------------------------I) Planning I) Planning a) Analyzing Requirements a) Analyzing the AUT b) Test Strategy Implentation b) selecting/Creating Test case for Automation c) Test estimations c) Test Estimations & Approvals d) team formation d) Automation framework Implementation e) Risk Analysys e) QTP Tool Settings Configuration f) Configuration management g) Defining Test Environment h) Test Plan Documentation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------II) Test Design IIA) Creating the Basic Tests a) Understanding & Analyzing Reqs a) Repository based Test creation b) Generating Test Scenarios 1) Recording (Local Repository) c) Test case Documentation 2) Keyword driven methodology (Shared Repository) b) Descriptive Programming 1) Static Programming 2) Descriptive Programming IIB) Enhancing Tests a) Adding Comments b) Inserting Checkpoints c) Inserting Output values d) Inserting Transaction points e) Generating steps thru Step Generator f) Inserting Flow Control Statements g) Synchronization h) Parameterization i) Calling Functions / Actions j) Using Regular expressions k) Using Environment Variables l) Using Automation Objects (using Object Models) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------III) Test Execution ------------------- IIIA) Debugging Tests (Optional) a) Forming Test Batches/suites a) Step by step execution b) Test Environment setup b) Watching Variables c) Test Execution c) Locating & Isolating Errors d) Analyzing Test Results d) Defect Reporting e) Defect Tracking III B) Running Tests f) Re & Regression Testing a) Single Test Run g) Test status Reporing b) Batch Testing h) Test Logs c) Executing Tests thru Framework i) Final Regression d) Scheduled execution e) Analyzing Results f) Result Reporing g) Defect Reporing

h) Regression Testing ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------IV) Test Closure IV) Test Closure ----------------a) evaluating Exit Criteria a) Sending Test scripts & Resources to Customer b) Collecting all facts from Test Activities b) Maintaning Tests & Resouce files c) sending Test Delivarables to Customer c) Improvement Suggessions d) Improvement Suggessions for QA Process --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------III) Creating Tests / Test Scripts -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1) Repository based Test Design a) Recording (Local repository) b) Keyword Driven methodology (Shared repository) 2) Descriptive Programming a) Static Programming b) Dynamic programming Recording Tests ---------------a) Recording Process b) Recording Modes i) Normal Recording ii) Analog Recording iii) Low Level Recording c) Running Process Object Repository: -----------------a) Object and Types of Object i) Run-time Objects ii) Test Object Model iii) Utility Objects iv) Automation Objects b) Types of Object Repository i) Local Repository ii) Shared Repository c) Operations on Object Repository i) Adding Objects ii) Renaming Objects iii) Deleting Objects iv) Exporting Local Objects v) Merging Repositories vi) Associating Repositories to an Action vii) View Options viii) Exporting Objects to XML/Importing Objects from XML iX) Defining New Test Objects X) Spying Objects d) Object Identification Configuration i) Normal identification 1) Mandatory properties 2) Assistive properties ii) Smart Identification (Optional) 1) Base Filter properties 2) Optional Filter properties iii) Ordinal Identifier 1) Location 2) Index 3) Creation Time (Only for web Application) Keyword driven methodoly: ------------------------a) Creating Shared Object Repositories b) Associating Repositories to an Action c) Creating tests manually i) Thru Expert View ii) Keyword View iii) generate steps thru Step Generator Descriptive programming: -----------------------a) Static programming i) identifying Unique Properties for Objects ii) Creating Constants iii)Creating Library file for constants iv) associating Library files / loading Library files during run-time v) Using Constants, generating Tests b) Dynamic Programming i) Creating Collection Objects ii) Entering Properties Information into Collection Objects

iii) Using Collection Objects, generating tests c) Handling Dynamic Objects using Regular expressions d) Handling Duplicate/Similar Objects using Index property