CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2014/ch1a 22 as

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HP QuickTest Professional

QuickTest Pro is a test automation tool originally developed by Mercury Interactive and later acquired by Hewlett Packard.<ref>http://www.devbistro.com/articles/Testing/Mercury-QuickTest-Professional-Evaluation</ref> This software offers regression and functional test automation for buisness quality control.

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Background

Test automation is the use of software to control the execution of tests, the comparison of actual outcomes to predicted outcomes, the setting up of test preconditions, and other test control and test reporting functions.GUI testing framework generates user interface events such as keystrokes and mouse clicks, and observes the changes that result in the user interface, to validate that the observable behaviour of the program is correct.

Features

QuickTest Pro is not a command line testing solution. It offers a graphical user interface, keyboard support, multiple testing views, and scripting language.<ref>http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/qtp-quicktest-professional-tutorial-1/</ref>

Testing

QuickTest allows for both functional and regression testing. It also supports data-driven testing through spreadsheet software, allowing outputs to be recorded and organized.

Views

QTP has two different views for testing, a keyboard view and an expert view. In keyboard view, users modify tests in a table, one row per step. Users can view output values, set loops, and add breakpoints.

Expert view displays test code using VBScript.

Scripting

QuickTest Pro's VBScript allows for classes, but not other object oriented properties such as inheritance and polymorphism. It also lacks a debugger, however QTP has a debugger provided by HP.<ref>https://h20546.www2.hp.com/main/training/course_details.cfm?Course=00008165&sitepick=US</ref>

Exception handling

QuickTest Pro uses recovery scenarios to handle runtime exceptions, this allows testing to be uninterrupted as long as the exception did not affect the memory of the tested application.

Comparison to other tools

Tools such as Cucumber and Capybara run tests from the perspective of the user. Cucumber converts user stories into tests and Capybara simulates a user or web browser. QuickTest Pro is used by programmers to preform specific test cases they code themselves.<ref>Engineering Long Lasting Software p136</ref>

Disadvantages

QuickTest Pro is developed mainly for Windows based systems and it relies on outdated Windows tools like VBXScript. Tests can not be run outside of the QuickTest environment nor are they compatible with all browser types.<ref>http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/unified-functional-testing-automated-testing/demos-documents.html#!&pd1=1</ref>

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