QTP Testing Is Considered to Be Most Reliable - Why?

QTP is an automation testing tool that is considered reliable. QTP or Quick Test Professional was originally created by Mercury Interactive and now it is a part of HP Quality Centre Suite. There are various reasons why this tool is considered to be reliable. Besides being easy to use it has the capability of recording actions as well as playback the same. There is a record button in QTP in order to record a new test. All the features that are required to carry out an effective automation testing are present in this tool. As far as the QTP IDE is concerned, there are 3 add-ins here – Web, ActiveX and Visual Basic. There are various links which can be utilized to know about the latest features as well as best practices applicable to the present version.

Here’s a list of reasons why Quick Test Professional is preferred as a reliable tool for automation testing –

It can be used in all kinds of framework: From the perspective of test frameworks, this is an effective tool that can be easily applied to all kinds of frameworks. The data driver functions and abilities in this tool are simply outstanding. It is quite simple to build customized frameworks by using QTP.

Compatibility with Microsoft Object Model: The products related to Microsoft Object Model or MOM can be easily recognized by using Quick Test Professional. The developers can read, write as well as modify. Whether it is excel, outlook or word doc, all of these can be created easily with the help of QTP.

Record and Playback a Test: It is quite simple for even a non-programming person to record test cases, scripts, customize and playback the tests. This tool also allows the users to record the scripts in 3 varied recording styles according to the requirement. These styles are Normal, Analog and Low levels. In case a developer is interested in recording the events, these recording modes will prove to be quite useful.

The process – Object Identification and Object Repository: Object repository is available in two modes – shared and local. The former is used for regular application objects while the later is applied for particular application objects. This is one of the best features of QTP. This tool stores the standard and non standard properties of the several objects of application under test. When the time for execution approaches, Quick Test Professional is perfectly aware of the fact that where the objects are located as well as how to reach them on an immediate basis. This, in turn, helps to increase the impact of the test execution. Such smart object identification ability is an advantage for QTP.

Regular Expression is a concise source for ‘Matching’: QTP supports RegEx. This enables the specifying and recognizing of the texts that includes particular words, characters and patterns. While automating dynamic content these are quite effective.

Function Libraries: When it comes to in-house function libraries, there is a huge resource in Quick Test Professional. There are functions to deal with data manipulation, conversion, date and time, etc. Thus, the developers need not reinvent anything. They have the required functions at their disposal.

Analysis and Recovery: Proper error messages as well as logs are reflected through QTP. Besides, there are also set break points which can be used to seek out the values of the runtime variables with the help of Script Editor and debugging features. The recovery scenario manager aids in recovering from any kind of unforeseen events including pop-ups, application crash, etc.

Maintaining and Reusing: The primary idea behind automated tests is that there will be reusability as well as maintainability or both. QTP simplifies maintaining the functions, objects, test scripts, everything that is built with QTP.

Environments that is supports: The tool generally supports only the Windows platform. But it can be actually used for automation tests across several platforms. It also supports some of the most widely used browsers including Firefox as well as Internet Explorer.

Integration with other tools: QTP is easy to integrate with other tools as it is not limited to Quality Center tool that is used for test management. All the resources for tests can be stored in a single repository as well s the tests can be executed directly from the Quality center.

Packed with such convenient features, the QTP is considered one of the most reliable as well as easy to deal with when it comes to automation testing. To get maximum benefits of testing, you may consider hiring services of a custom QTP testing company.

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