Learn HP Quick Test Professional Online

The very first question that came to my mind when I decided to be in the role of a Quality Analyst was "What should I be learning to advance my career in the role of a tester?". There are so many tools available out there to test. Functional testing is one of the crucial part of any development life cycle. Ok..so let me start learning a functional testing tool. I picked QTP because a lot of employers are using this tool for their testing. Today automation is having so much importance as repeated testing improves quality and saves time. Obviously Time is Money.
How do I learn QTP ? Before answering this, we need to know whether there are any other pre-requisites that we need to learn. Yes !!! Did I just say yes ??? Thats because I have seen a lot of people learn QTP either through classroom trainings or online trainings but then when they actually start working they get stuck. When I started using QTP, I already had prior programming experience in C, C++ and shell scripts. I have always felt that there are three basic things you need to know if you want to be a good automation specialist on QTP.

1. Familiarity with at least one programming language
2. Familiarity with Object Oriented concepts
3. Habit of "googling" and eagerness to solve a problem on your own

You dont need to be a VB script expert in the beginning. At least , I was not !! But you will eventually be. No doubts on that. I have been beating around the bush and have not yet answered the intention of this post "How do I learn QTP". When I first started, I tried to see if there were any books to buy on QTP. I roamed around in Barnes and Noble, Borders, amazon.com and was surprised initially to find that there were no books to buy on a product that was so popular. Later on I realised that there was a reason why you dont get to buy books.. There is nothing more comprehensive than the Help documentation that comes along with QTP. Take my word for this. This is where I started and I have to say, its an awesome start !!!

Help->Quick Test Professional Tutorial... Yes....this is where I started !!! I took time to go through that entire tutorial and by the end of it I could figure out the "concepts" of this application. The tutorial covers almost all the basics of QTP. But do you become an expert after completing this tutorial. No way !!! Thats where Help->Quick Test Professional Help comes into the picture and this is what I mentioned earlier that you do not need to buy a book when you have this help with you.

VB scripting, Objects, BPT, Add-ins, Debugging ... its all there well documented. But for beginners, dont jump into it too fast.... you need to start with the tutorial...as for the rest, lets take it step by step..

So much for now..... let me stop fooling around and get into some serious business here....