QTP stands for QuickTest Professional, a product of Hewlett Packard (HP). This tool helps testers to perform an automated functional testing seamlessly, without monitoring, once script development is complete. HP QTP uses Visual Basic Scripting (VBScript) for automating the applications.

QTP stands for QuickTest Professional, a product of Hewlett Packard (HP). This tool helps testers to perform an automated functional testing seamlessly, without monitoring, once script development is complete.

HP QTP uses Visual Basic Scripting (VBScript) for automating the applications. The Scripting Engine need not be installed exclusively, as it is available as a part of the Windows OS. The Current version of VBScript is 5.8, which is available as a part of Win 7. VBScript is NOT an object-oriented language but an object-based language.

HP Quick Test Professional was originally owned by Mercury Interactive and it was acquired by HP. Its original name was Astra Quick Test and later named as Quick Test Professional but the latest version is known as Unified Functional Tester (UFT).

Advantages

» Developing automated tests using VBScript does not require a highly skilled coder and is relatively easy when compared to other object oriented programming languages.

» Easy to use, ease of navigation, results validation, and Report generation.
» Readily Integrated with Test Management Tool (Hp-Quality Center) which enables easy scheduling and monitoring.
» Can also be used for Mobile Application Testing.
» Since it is an HP product, full support is provided by HP and by its forums for addressing technical issues.