This course provides a comprehensive understanding of using QuickTest Professional as an automated functional testing tool for different environments. QuickTest Professional's graphical point and click interface is used to create and run automated tests. This course addresses topics such as recording and running tests, adding synchronization points and verification steps, modularizing and reusing tests. You will manage objects in the Object Repository, which stores test object properties. The Object Spy tool is used to view object properties at run time. All topics are supported by extensive handson exercises that are based on real-life examples designed to provide you with the knowledge necessary to automate testing using QuickTest Professional.
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Intended for: New users of QuickTest who need to automate manual testing and verification in a short time
Pre-requisites: Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, web sites and browsers and basic testing concepts
Skills gained
- Create basic scripts from a manual test case
- Add verification steps to tests
- Manage objects in the Object Repository
- Use the Object Spy tool
- Parameterize tests
- Customize checkpoints with parameters and
Data Table formulas
- Reuse actions
- Run an integrated test scenario
Course content
Introduction to QuickTest
- QuickTest Benefits in Test Automation
Test Planning
- Prepare for Test Case Automation
Record and Playback
- Create and Execute Basic Scripts
- Understand Recording Levels and QuickTest Results
Object Identification
- Object Repository Introduction
- Use the Object Spy
Synchronizing TestsStandard and Text CheckpointsCreating Tests with Multiple ActionsData Driving a Test
- Parameterize and create data-driven tests
- Local and Global Data Tables
Working with the Data Table
- Use the Data Table to create custom checkpoints
Output and Correlation
- Output, Capture and Reuse Run Time Values
- Custom Checkpoints
Alternatives to Standard Recording
- Analog and Low level Recording
- Configuring recording event levels
- Define a Virtual Object
Recovery Manager and Scenarios
- Handle exceptions using the Recovery Manager Wizard
Related certifications
This course will introduce you to the skills required for the Mercury CPC in QuickTest Professional. Candidates should also also take the course Advanced QuickTest Professional and have at least six months experience of in-depth use of the product
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Three days