QuickTest Professional (QTP) is an automated functional Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing tool created by the HP subsidiary Mercury Interactive that allows the automation of user actions on a web or client based computer application. It is primarily used for functional regression test automation. QTP uses a scripting language built on top of VBScript to specify the test procedure, and to manipulate the objects and controls of the application under test. [wikipedia]

Here are some key features:

• Improve collaboration between workgroups with shared function libraries, object management and flexible asset storage
• Collapse test documentation and creation to a single step for agile testing
• Fix defects faster by fully documenting and replicated defects for developers
• Set a test development process and propagate it throughout the organization
• Make test modifications “on the fly” during test execution

HP QuickTest Pro (QTP) is a great automation tool for beginners - it’s easy to use and requires little scripting.  This is the reason why QTP is so popular - take a look on Dice.com for a QA job, almost all positions requires that you know QTP.  So, stay competitive, learn this tool today.  Here’s a great site to get you started - LearnQTP.com, written by a certified Quick Test Pro specialist.

Source: Wikipedia, HP, LearnQTP.com

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