Quick Test Professional - The starters Guide

QTP stands for Quick Test Professional, a product from HP (Hewlett Packard) for Functional and Regression Test Automation. Originally QTP was developed by Mercury Interactive Corporation, which was acquired by HP in 2006. 

Using QTP, we can automate user actions on a web/client based computer application and tests the same actions for different users, different data set, on different browsers.

HP’s Quick Test Professional is tool that facilitates Automation Testing for software applications.

Some of the important aspects of QTP:

1. It uses VB Script as its scripting language.
2. QTP runs only in a windows environment.
3. It supports technologies are Web, Java .Net, SAP, Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft, Web Services, and many major languages. Some of the older versions don’t support the above technologies.

Supported Browser:

• Safari on Mac OS (in Beta mode)
• Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 
• Firefox 3.0.X, 3.5, 3.6 to v24

Supported Operating Systems:

• Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 (with a patch). QTP 12 supports Safari on Mac OS (in Beta mode)

Minimum System Requirements:

• Operating System: Windows 7 with Service Pack 1
• CPU: Dual Core 1.6 GHz or Higher
• Browser: Internet Explorer 7.0 or Higher
• Memory: 2 GB
• Hard Disk Space: 2 GB of free Disk Space

What is Testing Tools?

Testing tools is a program, which is used to validate the application. Automated testing tools are able to executing tests, reporting outcomes and comparing results with earlier test runs.

Different types of test tools:

Version of QTP:

QTP name was Astra Quick Test and then named as Quick Test Professional but the latest version is known as Unified Functional Tester (UFT).

Advantages of QTP:

• QTP can be used for both Windows and Web Applications and also supports .NET, Java, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, Siebel, Mainframe Terminal Emulator & Web Services, provided separate add-ins are installed.
• QTP using Object Identification Mechanism for Identifying Objects.
• QTP using VB Scripting, simple programming language to understand or code
  can automate Microsoft Object Model (FSO, Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) and can be integrated with HP Quality Center and HP Service Test.
• It can also be used for Mobile Application Testing.
• Simple and easy to use and understand, easy to navigate, provides very user-friendly results validation and Report generation process.

 Disadvantages of QTP:

• Cost of License is high.
• No support for Object Oriented Programming.
• QTP runs only under Windows Operating System.
• Support for Internet Explorer. For other Browsers, corresponding add-in needs to be purchased.
• Multiple Tests cannot run simultaneously.
• The execution time is higher as it puts load on CPU & RAM.