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Test Automation
QTP
and
Rajeev Gupta
Tata Consultancy Services
Gurgaon
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Copyright © 2012 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd.
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Brief Contents
Synopsis xvii
Section 1 Test Automation 1
1. Introduction 3
2. Test Automation Life Cycle 14
3. Test Automation Approach 22
4. Test Automation Framework 36
5. Business Model-Driven Framework 47
6. Agile Automation Framework 70
7. Test Automation Metrics 111
8. Test Automation Process 122
Section 2 VBScript 147
9. VBScript 149
10. Dictionary 174
11. Regular Expressions 182
Section 3 Basic QTP 193
12. QTP: Introduction 195
13. Object Identifi cation 205
14. Test Script Development 215
15. Environment Variables 224
16. Library 234
17. Action 242
18. Object Repository 257
19. Datatables 286
20. Working with Web Application Objects 296
21. Descriptive Programming 331
22. Synchronization 344
23. Checkpoints 350
24. Debugging 371
25. Recovery Scenario and Error Handler 379
26. Test Results 392
27. Working with PuTTY 404
28. Windows Scripting 408
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Brief Contents
Section 4 Advanced QTP 423
29. QTP Automation Object Model 425
30. HTML DOM 457
31. Working with Notepad 469
32. Working with Microsoft Excel 476
33. Working with Database 496
34. Working with XML 510
35. Working with Microsoft Word 519
36. Working with E-Mail Client 527
37. Integrating QTP with Quality Center 544
Section 5 Test Automation Lab 563
38. A STARC—Advanced Synchronous
Test Automation Remote Controller 565
Section 6 Functional Testing 11 575
39. What’s New in Functional Testing 11 577
40. Business Process Testing 585
Appendices 615
Index 643
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Contents
Synopsis xvii
Section 1 Test Automation 1
1. Introduction 3
Test automation—3
SWOT analysis—9
Test automation guidelines—11
Test automation: myths and realities—11
2. Test Automation Life Cycle 14
Feasibility analysis phase—14
Framework design—18
Business knowledge gathering—19
Script design—19
Test execution and test result analysis—20
Maintenance—20
Quick Tips 21
Practical Questions 21
3. Test Automation Approach 22
Test automation approach—22
Test automation scope—23
Test automation development model—23
Test automation—testing types to be covered—31
Test automation project infrastructure—33
Test automation—team dynamics—33
Quick Tips 35
Practical Questions 35
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4. Test Automation Framework 36
Framework components—36
Framework types—37
Quick Tips 46
5. Business Model-Driven Framework 47
Framework components—48
Architecture—49
Framework layout—51
Framework structure—52
Quick Tips 55
Practical Questions 57
Case study—58
Quick Tips 69
6. Agile Automation Framework 70
Framework components—71
Screen components—72
Business components—73
Framework structure—86
Quick Tips 89
Practical Questions 89
Case study—90
7. Test Automation Metrics 111
Technical/functional interchanges and walk-through—111
Confi guration management—112
Test automation metrics—113
Quick Tips 121
Practical Questions 121
8. Test Automation Process 122
Need analysis process fl ow—123
ROI analysis process fl ow—124
Tool analysis process fl ow—126
Proof of concept—127
Framework design process fl ow—128
Business knowledge gathering process fl ow—130
Script design process fl ow—133
Script execution process fl ow—135
Test results analysis process fl ow—136
Maintenance process fl ow—139
Building one-point maintenance—140
Version control strategy—141
Communication model—142
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Contents
Test automation documents—143
Quick Tips 145
Practical Questions 145
Section 2 VBScript 147
9. VBScript 149
VBScript editors—149
Data types—150
VBScript variables—150
VBScript operators—152
VBScript conditional statements—153
VBScript looping statements—154
VBScript functions—156
Option explicit—165
Error handling—165
Examples—166
Quick Tips 172
Practical Questions 172
10. Dictionary 174
Methods—174
Properties—176
Creating dictionary object—177
Creating dictionary of dictionary object—178
Quick Tips 181
Practical Questions 181
11. Regular Expressions 182
How to create a regular expression object—182
Meta characters—184
How to use VBScript regular expression object—185
Parsing dates—189
E-mail matching—189
Replacing string using regular expression—190
Quick Tips 191
Practical Questions 191
Section 3 Basic QTP 193
12. QTP: Introduction 195
Features—197
Automating complex and custom GUI objects—199
QTP test automation process—200
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