QuickTest Pro and its frameworks - An Insight

QuickTest Pro (QTP) can be defined as Unified Functional Test or UFT software that is specifically designed as well as developed to deliver various automatic testing for different software applications or domains.

Alternatively, it can also be said that QTP is a framework for test automation, which sets a series of guidelines for the developers to follow while scripting, with a view to achieving the intended results.

The guidelines that QuickTest Pro sets for its users include the following:

1:|| Setting coding standards.
2:|| Structuring the data sheets along with determining the way the workbooks along with each and every sheet under them can be grouped.
3:|| The structure of the folder that needs to be followed for storing the test scripts, the reusable libraries, the results of the test runs and so on.
4:|| The way the results of the test need to be stored as well as displayed and whether there is any need to save the test runs in a separate way. If so, how.
5:|| THE QTR also shows the way the team members need to access shared libraries, not the mention the ways they need to be updated.

The Salient Features

Let us now discuss the salient features of QTP and its framework.

The framework needs to be designed in a specific way, to ensure that it comes to the aide of the developers, while achieving maximum possible re-use. For instance, in case any code is to be reused more than once, a separate function needs to be created for that particular code so that the function can be called up whenever there is a need to do so subsequently.

The codes need to be easily understandable and user-friendly so that they can be maintained without any hassle whatsoever. This is very important as whenever a framework is used for a fairly long period of time, it is natural that different people will take part in the ongoing project from time to time. Hence, it is important that the framework is structured in such a way that people who just join do not find it difficult to ascertain the flow of work or what has been going on.

A good framework should also contain a good data parametrization, which makes sure that the test data should be separated from the codes. This also ensures that the same code can be used multiple times for different data sets.

It is also imperative that the results of the tests make sense. At the same time, it is important for them to be easily understandable. This helps in providing results that are detailed as well as high end. Another advantage of this is that in case the client is not interested in detailed results, it becomes possible to provide just the scripts that which contain information about the cases have passed the test along with the ones that have not.

It is also important to employ appropriate mechanisms for error handling. One option can be to provide screenshot for the cases that have failed the evaluation.

In cases when the evaluation scripts are running in batch mode, the framework needs to provide a choice by the virtue of which, in case a script fails to pass an assessment, the framework will roll out of the script automatically instead of getting stuck there, with a view to execute the subsequent assessments.

There should also be the provision of automatically sending emails and SMS, once the execution of the test scripts is done with. This feature needs to be configured in a way so that the as soon as the execution is over, the framework will by default send a message to the stakeholders about the completion. However, the mail can also include the test results so that there is no need to send the results in a separate email. To get maximum benefits of testing, you may consider hiring services of a custom QTP testing company.

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