Software Test Automation – An Introduction

• Overview of Functional Testing
• Manual and Automated Testing
• Benefits of Automated Testing
• Identify application under test
• Prepare the test environment
• About HP Quick Test Professional

Quick Test Interface

• Using Quick Test Professional
• Quick Test toolbars
• Quick Test Layout
• Quick Test options
• Configure Record and run settings

Basic Test Preparation

• The basic script – Recording a test
• Building blocks of a step
• Running a test and saving results
• Quick Test directory structure
• Viewing test results

Overview of working with objects

• Overview of object oriented programming
• Quick Test Objects and Classes
• How QTP identifies objects?
• Using object spy

Using object repository

• Defining Logical name
• Object repository window
• Overview of various features in object repository window
• Viewing Quick Test Documentation

Synchronization

• Understanding Synchronization
• Synchronizing a test
• Identifying steps for synchronization in a test
• Adding synchronization points
• Object synchronization time out settings

• Understanding checkpoints
• Types of checkpoints
• Introduction to standard checkpoints
• Modifying and renaming checkpoints
• Analyzing checkpoint results
• Using regular expressions
• Introduction to test and text area checkpoints
• Introduction to bitmap checkpoints

Using Parameters

• Overview of parameterization
• Different parameter types
• Working with data tables
• Using data table parameters
• Working with Global and Local data tables
• Setting data table parameter options
• Inserting input parameters
• Inserting output parameters
• Test result iterations

Working with Actions

• Difference between a single action test and multiple action tests
• Splitting an action
• Creating and modifying an action
• Calling multiple actions
• Test structure
• Deleting an action
• Setting action parameters

Generating steps without recording

• Business logic steps
• Inserting steps using step generator
•  Step generator window
• Adding steps to a test
• Working with comments
• Using the reporter utility
• Measuring transactions

Using Recovery Scenario

• Identify exceptions in a test
• Create a recovery scenario
• Saving a recovery scenario
• Associate a recovery scenario to a test