This is Virtualkey (my keyboard name ofcourse…), I just want to share how my understanding regarding test automation has undergone various twists and turns ever since I started test automation. To start with, I always hated coding, for some reason my brain suddenly stops working when I start coding. Simply to say, coding was never my best part of interest. This is precisely the reason why I choose QTP as my functional test automation tool.
My selection criteria were…
1> VB Script --- Simple to code
2> Record and Play back --- not much to code
3> Great User Interface --- key word view, expert view (I need not write code again, just a key word should do the job )
With QTP providing all these cool features, is definitely a promising tool for most of Test Automation enthusiasts like me. And QTP is in big demand in market however, so why not QTP? I heard a lot about Win Runner those days, in fact tried it couple of times, but then you see TSL (test script language) is more of C-Language kind of thing, and hence no no to WR. I used to think who the hell on earth would love to use TSL kind of thing while on the other hand I have a tool with simple VBScript.
With all my pre requisites satisfied, I am totally convenienced that QTP is my choice for functional test automation. I started learning QTP going through ‘Help’, Hey! You know what? I had a very bad habit of going trough help documents, instead of putting my hands on keyboard and playing around with application. My perception always is that there could be nothing which ‘help manual’ would not cover regarding any application. And I understood that they would only help you understand the intention of test automation in a better way.
I was always at bay whenever I started learning QTP. My sources of learning were Blogs/Forums/Communities/Websites. Every time I search for QTP in google there are too many search results. And if you observe there are thousands of questions/answers/discussions/definitions/comparisons (product comparisons, feature comparisons, version comparisons).
Where to start? What to read? I used to end up nowhere. This is when what I call ‘HEAD BANG’ syndrome quietly entered into my life. You want to know what it is! This picture should explain by itself. And I slowly understood that this guy is not a stranger to most of us.
