QTP Automation Testing Tool

What is QTP/UFT automation testing tool?

QTP is an automated functional graphical user interface testing tool that helps the testers to execute automated tests in order to identify any errors, defects in comparison to the expected results of the application under tests. It was acquired by HP and stands for QuickTest Professional while UFT means Unified Functional Testing.

Why QTP is the best testing tool?

1. It is an icon-based tool that automates the Functional and Regression testing of an application.

2. It provides both features i.e record and playback.

3. By using the QTP tool we can test desktop as well as web-based applications.

4. QTP testing is based on scripting language VBScript.

5. It supports various software testing environments like SAP, Oracle, etc.

Advantages of QTP automation:-

1. It supports record and playback

2. It is easy to maintain

3. It has an excellent object identification process.

4. It allows you to enhance existing tests

5. It comes with an inbuilt IDE

6. Different types of suites like smoke, regression, sanity, etc.

7. It supports XML

8. Test reporting is possible through QTP for analysis

Features of the latest version of QTP/UFT:-

1. Supports the following operating system and web browser:-

• It supports only the Windows operating system.
• Performs testing on safari browser

2. Newly supported technologies:-

• JDK1.8
• XenDesktop 7
• SAP Web Dynpro ABAP for NetWeaver 7.40

3. Extended support for various technologies:-

• Recognizes and interacts with objects from Siebel web application, SAP applications.
• New flexible test object methods available for advanced data grid controls.

Disadvantages of QTP automated testing tool:

1. QTP runs in windows operating system only

2. Not all versions of browsers are supported, so testers need to wait for the code to be released for each one of the major versions.

3. It is a commercial tool, the licensing cost is very high.

4. Even though scripting time is less, the execution time is relatively higher as it puts a load on the CPU and RAM.

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