QuickTest Professional

I) Introduction

1)    Test Automation

2)    Disadvantages of Manual Testing

3)    Advantages of Test Automation

4)    Drawbacks of Test Automation

5)    Types of Test Automation

6)    Functional Test Automation

7)    Types of Test Tool

8)    Functional & Regression Testing Tools

9)    History of QTP

10) Basic Features of QTP

11)  Installation process of QTP

 

II) QuickTest Window / Key Elements of QTP

1)    Test Pane

2)    Active Screen

3)    Data Table

4)    Debug viewer

5)    Information pane

6)    Missing Resources pane

7)    QTP Tool bars

8)    QTP Menu items / QTP commands

9)    Tool Settings

 

III) Object Repository

1)  Software objects

2)  Types of object in QTP

a)    Runtime Objects

b)    Test Objects

c)    Utility Objects

d)    Automation Objects

3)  Object Repository

a)    Local Repository

b)    Shared Repository

4)  Operations on Object Repository

a)    Adding Objects

b)    Renaming Objects

c)    Deleting Objects

d)    Associating Object Repositories to an Action

e)    Exporting Local Objects

f)    Merging Repositories

g)    View Options

h)    Spying Objects

i)     Importing and Exporting Repositories using XML

 

IV) QTP Testing Process

1)  Planning

a)    Analyzing the AUT

b)    Implementing Automation Framework

c)    Creating/Selecting Test cases

d)    Collecting Test Data

e)   Object Identification Configuration

                               i.        Normal Identification

1.    Mandatory Properties

2.    Assertive Properties

                              ii.        Smart Identification

1.    Base filter Properties

2.    Option filter properties

                             iii.        Ordinal Identifier

                             iv.        Making Tool Settings Global

2)  Generating the basic Test

a)   Recording

                              i.        Normal Recording

                             ii.        Analog Recording

                            iii.        Low Level Recording

                           iv.        Record and Run Settings

b)    Keyword driven methodology/Shared object repository method/Preparing the script manually

c)    Descriptive programming/Programmatic Descriptions

                              i.        Entering Programmatic Descriptions Directly into Statements

                             ii.        Using Description Objects for Programmatic Descriptions

                            iii.        Retrieving Child Objects

                           iv.        Using the Index Property in Programmatic Descriptions

                            v.        Creating Checkpoints Programmatically

3)   Enhancing the Test

a)   Inserting Check points

                              i.        Standard Checkpoint

                             ii.        Text Checkpoint

                            iii.        Text Area Checkpoint

                           iv.        Bitmap Checkpoint

                            v.        Database Checkpoint

                           vi.        Accessibility Checkpoint

                          vii.        XML Checkpoint (From Application)

                         viii.        XML Checkpoint (From Resource)

                           ix.        Page Checkpoint

                            x.        Image Checkpoint

                           xi.        Table Checkpoint

b)   Inserting Output values

                              i.        Standard Output value

                             ii.        Text Output value

                            iii.        Text Area Output value

                           iv.        Database Output value

                            v.        XML Output value (From Resource)

c)   Adding Comments

d)   Synchronization

                              i.        Inserting Wait Statement

                             ii.        Inserting Synchronization Point

                            iii.        Increasing Tool Default Synchronization Time

                           iv.        Sync method (only for web)

                            v.        Selecting appropriate method 

e)   Parameterization

                              i.        Data Driven Testing through Loop statements

                             ii.        Dynamic Test Data Submission through Looping

                            iii.        Data Driven Testing through Data Table

                           iv.        Importing Test Data from External files

                            v.        Creating a Database, Tables and Entering Data

                           vi.        Creating DSN

                          vii.        Importing Test Data from Databases

f)    Inserting Programmatic statements

                               i.        Inserting Conditional Statements

                              ii.        Inserting Loop statements

                             iii.        Using VB Script Built-in Functions

g)    Generating steps through Step Generator

h)   Inserting Transaction points

                              i.        Start Transaction

                             ii.        End Transaction

i)     Enhancing Tests with the windows API

4)  Debugging the Test

a)   Debug Commands

                              i.        Step Into

                             ii.        Step Over

                            iii.        Step Out

b)    Inserting/Removing Brake Points

c)    Watching variables

d)    Changing Variable values

5)  Running the Test

a)    Normal execution

b)   Test Batch execution

                              i.        Test batch formation

                             ii.        Batch execution

                            iii.        Partial Batch execution

6)  Analyzing the Test Results

a)    Test Result Viewer

b)    Analyzing Test Results

c)    Exporting Test Results

d)    Test Results Deletion

7)  Reporting Defects

a)    Manual Defect Reporting

b)    Tool based Defect Reporting

c)    Integration with Quality Center

 

V) QTP Advanced Features

1)  Regular expressions

2)  Environment Variables

a)    Built-in Variables

b)    User Defined Variables

c)    Defining, modifying and associating environment variables

3)  Methods

a)    QTP Methods

b)    VB Script Methods

4)  Actions

a)    Types of actions

                              i.        Non-reusable Actions

                             ii.        Re-Usable actions

                            iii.        External Actions

b)    Creating an Action

c)    Splitting Actions

d)    Renaming an Action

e)    Deleting an Action

f)    Making an Reusable/Non-Reusable

g)    Calling an existing Action

h)    Copying an Actions

i)     Action Parameters

5)  Functions

a)    Preparing Procedures

b)    Associating Procedures to QTP tests

c)    Modifying Procedures

d)    Calling Procedures

6)  Dynamic Handling of Object Repositories

a)    Loading Repositories directly through Utility Object

b)    Finding Repository Position

c)    Removing Repositories

7)  Data Driven Testing through Scripting

a)    Importing Data from Flat files

b)    Importing Data from spread sheets

c)    Importing Data from Databases

                              i.        Ms Access

                             ii.        SQL Server

                            iii.        Oracle

8)  File System Operations

a)    File system Object

b)    Creating Files

c)    Reading Data

d)    Writing Data

e)    Creating Folders

f)    Creating Drives

9)  Recovery Scenarios

a)   Trigger events

                              i.        Pop-Up window

                             ii.        Object State

                            iii.        Test Run Error

                           iv.        Application Crash

b)   Recovery Operations

                          i.    Keyboard or Mouse Operation

                         ii.    Close Application Process

                        iii.    Function Call

                       iv.    Restart Microsoft Windows

c)    Creating Recovery Scenarios

d)    Associating Recovery Scenarios

10)              Virtual Object Configuration

a)    Virtual Object Manager

b)    Defining a Virtual Object

c)    Removing or Disabling Virtual Object Definitions

11)              Test Automation Frameworks

a)    Automation Framework

b)    Record & Playback or Linear Framework

c)    Modular Driven framework

d)    Keyword Driven framework

e)    Hybrid driven Framework

12)              Automation Object Model

By Avinash