11 August, 2014

Few Reasons to Use QuickTest Professional

The UFT or Unified Function Testing software developed by HP, which was previously called DTP or QuickTest Professional software is designed to provide regression as well as functional test automation for various software applications as well as environments.

Now the question here is why should one use QTP for testing automation? Let us look into the issue in details.

The popularity of QuickTest Professional or QTP is due to the outstanding features that the package comes up with.

The first and the foremost reason why it is so popular is that it can be used in a wide variety of frameworks – from Modular driven frameworks to the ones that are data driven. It can also be used in frameworks that are driven by keywords along with other types of frameworks that are customized to meet client specific needs. Moreover, building frameworks becomes much easier with the help of QTP, irrespective of the type or variety.

The software is excellent in identifying the various products that are designed/developed by MS Office, in particular MS Excel. It also helps in easy reading, writing, modifying etc. It helps users to create an excel file or a file in word or outlook without any difficulty whatsoever.

When it comes to mere recording or playing scripts or test cases, QTP helps a lot by making the process much easier. It also helps in customizing, modifying, or playing back the selected text or cases. Besides, it also provides the option of recording the scripts in three different modes of recording, to meet the requirements – Analog, Low Level, and Normal.

QTP also features a long list of embedded or inbuilt functions that help in data manipulations, mathematics, determination of the date and time, conversion, etc. This makes sure that the users will not have to re-invest wheels. They will simply have to use it.

QTP also helps in picking up the errors and to carry out RTA or Root Cause Analysis of errors and recovery from the same. It also delivers timely as well as appropriate error messages along with the very best log reports. Besides error messages and log reports, it also features the option of providing setting break points and help in finding out the values that are stored at runtime, thanks to a fully featured inbuilt Script Editor and Script Debugging Mechanism. Then, there is a Recovery Scenario Manager that helps in recovering from any uncalled for events like statement failure, crash of application etc.

When it comes to maintenance and reusability, QTP is the best. It is extremely easy to maintain the test scripts, objects, and functions that the application comes up with.

In spite of the fact that the tools of QTP only support the Windows based platforms, it can well be used to automate a variety of application platforms as well. It is not just limited to the likes of Oracle, Web Forms, SAP, Flex, .NET, Java, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Windows mobiles, WPF, Delphi, Stingray, Terminal Emulator in the Mainframe.

The Test Run Result Viewer is another feature that QTP contains. It helps the users to develop an executive summary page, rich with highly enriched test specific data, including pie charts, statistics pertaining to current as well as previous runs, a link that takes the users to the results of the previous runs and much more.

Besides all these key features, QuickTest Professional also features a string of highly valuable functionality, like Checkpoints (it helps to verify the likely output of a particular test to determine the test results) and Reporter (it generates a report stating the results of the test – pass or fail through a statement).

Most importantly, users get round the clock technical assistance over the phone should anything go wrong. Also, they can get an instant solution to any issues pertaining to the tools from various forums that can be found online. Technicians, having years of troubleshooting experience under their belt will come to the aide, resolving the issues at the earliest.

You can hire developers from top custom QTP testing company in India who can help you accomplish testing within allocated budgets and time schedules.

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