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In recent years testing has become key part of any software development. We need to test as soon as possible in the product lifecycle to find the defects in the early phase. This will decrease the cost of software production and maintenance.
Testing activities can be very time consuming and costly. Many times testing the same functionality over and over again becomes boring for manual testers and they easily lose their focus. The chance of letting a bug slip through therefore increases.
That's where test automation comes in place. If you produce good automation test plan you can save a lot of time for manual testers. This time can be used for other testing activities. You'll also speed up the whole testing process.
There are numerous tools on the market which can help you automate the testing. One of the most powerful ones is QTP - Quick Test Professional. It is a software created by Mercury, an HP company. If you register at the HP website you can download a free 30 day trial version to explore the software.
QTP provides functional and non-functional testing of desktop and web applications. It can be easily integrated with HP Quality Center for automatic reporting of defects and marking the test results.
QTP supports keyword driven testing which enables also people with no scripting skills to generate powerful test cases. The other option how to create test cases in QTP is by writing VBScript code. This is a more advanced technique. No matter which of the two you decide to utilize you'll be able to test almost any application.
To get you started I would recommend to go through the QTP Tutorial and learn all the basics of QTP. How is the application layed out, what the different toolbars are for and how to use all the functions. In most of the cases it's best to start practicing right away by creating simple test cases.
QTP comes with an application which you can use to try your first scripts. It's a software for booking flights on the web. I also recommend checking out the video tutorial section over at www. qtptutorial. net. It contains many useful videos which will help you to get started.
If used correctly QTP can save a lot of time and money in your company so give it a try, measure the results, optimize and improve. I'm sure every development project can find a good use for this program.
