Automation Testing of Web based Application with Selenium and HP UFT (QTP)

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Automation Testing of Web based application with Selenium and HP
UFT (QTP)
Prachi Kunte 1, Prof. Dashrath Mane 2
1 P.G. Student, Department of M.C.A., VES Institute of Technology, Mumbai - 74, Maharashtra, India.
2Professor, Department of M.C.A., VES Institute of Technology, Mumbai - 74, Maharashtra, India.
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Abstract - Software testing is one of the most important
phases of Software Development Life Cycle and mainobjective
to find bugs and ensure quality of the software. Software
Testing can be done manually or can be automated. Manual
testing is done by tester without any tool. In automation
testing is done with the help of automated testing tools. The
objective of the paper is to compare two automation tools,
Selenium and UFT in context of testing web based application.
Key Words: Software Testing, QTP, UFT, Selenium.
1. INTRODUCTION
Software testing has different goalsandobjectives.Themain
goal is to find defects in a project created by a programmer
while developing project. It is a process of checking and
evaluating product in order to maintain quality of final
product and to verify that every part of project satisfies its
requirements as mentioned by the client in the Business
Requirement Document (BRD). It is an integral partofSDLC.
It is always a good practice to introduce testing as early as
possible in the SDLC. This gives a sufficient time for the QA
Analyst to build manual and automated test cases both.
There are two types of testing: Manual testing and
Automation testing. The selection of testing that to be done
manually or with automated tool totally depends upon
project requirement, budget associatedwithprojectandalso
which testing is benefited to the project.
Manual Testing is done by tester. Tester acts as an end user
and uses various features of product. Manual testing may
take more time or we can say it may be more time
consumable.
In manual testing chances of human errors are high as
compared to automation. Automation testing covers all the
problems of manual testing. Automation testing automates
the steps of manual testing.
2. AIM OF STUDY
2.1 To know about Automation Testing
2.2 Knowledge of Automation Testing framework
2.3 Knowledge of Automation Testing tools
2.4 Evaluation of tools based on some parameters
3. RELATED WORK
Testing of software can be done in both Manual as well
Automation. However, dependingonthetotal budget,skilled
resources available, necessity to implement automation,
current SDLC process being followed and various other
factors on which decision is made to implement Automation
testing or not.
3.1 Below are some points which highlight
automation in comparison with manual testing:
 Automation test scripts run faster and require
less human resources.
 It is also beneficial in situations where there are
frequent changes in the AUT.
 If there are certain test cases which needs to be
tested mandatorily for any other feature added
then in such situation Automation testing is very
much beneficial.
 Automation testingreducesmanualintervention
for certain processes there by for e.g if there are
4 Manual testers then the work done by them
can be done by one Automation tester who will
design test scripts to replicate the same
procedures followed by the Manual testers.
 Automation testing is very much useful for
testing the final build or the final product which
will be further moved on UAT as a next phase in
SDLC.
 Even though theinitialcostofautomationishigh.
Once implemented it proves to be beneficial
investment to the company.
3.2 Test Automation Framework
Automation framework is work environment or
facility which contains all the set of rules andcareful
planning to write the scripts in a manner which
results for less effort spent in the maintainability of
them.
It adds an advantage by which wecan ensurethe re-
usability of the test scripts. Any changes in
application, the scripts need little or no updating to
cope up with that change. Each of the frame work
has its own pros and cons depend under which
circumstances these are being adopted by the
Testing Team or Test Lead.
There are four kinds of automation framework
which are the most widely used in industries:
3.2.1 Modular
The framework divides the entire AUT into
number of logical and isolated individual
modules. These modules can be individual

functionalities for each module, we create a
separate and independent test script. Thus,
when these test scripts taken together (top-
down approach or bottom-up approach) builds
a larger test script representing more than one
module. This kind of framework can be used if
your applicationcontainslotofinter-dependent
functionalities.
It is usually used in integration testingwhereall
the modules are tested separately and they
either use top-down approach or bottom-up
approach while integrating every module with
one another.
3.2.2 Data driven
This type of framework helps the user separate
the test script programming logic and the test
data from each other. In this framework the
data which is going to be used as an input for
various tests are stored in external storing
sheets like excel sheet, XML, CSV or ODBC
repository.
This type of framework is very beneficial when
you want to test any particular functionality
whose outcomes differ based on different
combinations of input parameters data. For
example, in case of ‘User Registration’ scenario,
where testing is done based on different
combinations of input parameters like
username, email, mobile no, etc.
3.2.3 Keyword driven
In Keyword driven testing not only the testdata
is stored in an external file but also some parts
of the script are stored in an external file. When
the test executes the scripts pulls out the code
snippets from an external file as well as the test
data from an external file.
Therefore Keyword driventestingframeworkis
also known as an extension of the data driven
framework. This type of framework is used
when there are repeatable scenarios which you
need to test rigorouslyalongwiththechangesin
your application.
3.2.4 Hybrid
In Hybrid Testing framework we use the
combination of any of the above frameworks
mentioned. As each of the frameworks has its
advantages and disadvantages,insuchsituation
Hybrid provides to be a perfect solution for
implementing automation testing.
3.3 Automation Software tools
The decision to implement automation in any
organization is together taken by Project Manager,
Test Team lead and sometimes even testing team is
involved in the process.Therearevariousfactorson
which this decision is taken which will be discussed
in this paper later.
Below are two major decisions on which
automation is dependent.
 Open source approach (Free)
 Commercial test tools (Paid)
Majorly the budget of the overall project is the deciding
factor for implementing automation. As there are lot of free
tools available in market forautomationaswell aspaidtools.
We will be majorly focusing on two mostwidelyusedtoolsin
industry for automation testing.
3.3.1 Selenium
3.3.2 UFT (QTP)
3.3.3 Selenium
Selenium is an open source (freely available) software
testing tool for automating web applications. You can
download selenium libraries directly from their official
websites www.seleniumhq.com. These files are available as
per various languages preferred by testers for writing
automated test-scripts (Java, Python, etc.)
Selenium itself is an entire framework which comprises of
various components. Each of those components are used for
different purpose of automating the testing process.Some of
these components are used for simply ‘record-playback’ all
the user activities on the web-app, some are widely used to
automate manual test process by writing test scripts to
invoke the browser and perform all the activities which a
tester would perform manually and some components are
used to automate mobile applications. Below are the major
components of Selenium:
a) Selenium IDE
b) Selenium RC (selenium 1.0)
c) Selenium WebDriver (selenium 2.0)
d) Selenium Grid
a) Selenium IDE
Selenium IDE is a Firefox extension which provides an
environment for recording, editing and debug tests.
Selenium IDE is an integrated development environment for
Selenium scripts. It is implemented as a Firefox extension,
and allows you to record, edit, and debugtests.SeleniumIDE
includes the entire Selenium Core, allowingyoutoeasilyand
quickly record and play back tests in the actual environment
that they will run in. [5]
b) Selenium RC
Selenium RC was the flagship testing framework of the
whole Selenium project for a long time. This is the first
automated web testing tool that allowed users to use any of
the various programming language: Java, Python, C#, Perl,
Ruby, and PHP.
c) Selenium WebDriver
The WebDriver proves itself to be better than bothSelenium
IDE and Selenium RC in many aspects. It implements a more
modern and stable approach in automating the browser's
actions. WebDriver, unlike Selenium RC, does not rely on

JavaScript for Automation. It controls the browser by
directly communicating with it.
d) Selenium Grid
Selenium Grid is a tool used together with Selenium RC to
run parallel tests across different machines and different
browsers all at the same time. Parallel execution means
running multiple tests at once.
Features:
 Enables simultaneous running of tests in multiple
browsers and environments.
 Saves time enormously.
 Utilizes the hub-and-nodes concept. Thehubactsas
a central source of Selenium commands to each
node connected to it.
3.3.1 UFT (QTP)
UFT formerly known as QTP (Quick Test Professional) is a
tool for automation testing to test the applications.
UFT has its own IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironment(IDE)
comes with various features which enable tester to write
scripts efficiently. UFT is supported only by Windows and
uses VBScript Language for programming.
It supported technologies totally depends on the version of
UFT is accessible for Web, Java (Core and Advanced), .Net,
WPF, SAP, Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft, Delphi, Power Builder,
Stingray 1, Terminal Emulator, Flex, WebServices,Windows
Mobile, VisualAge Smalltalk, Silverlight and mainframe
terminal emulators. [8]
A. Object Repository:
In UFT, while recording the scripts,itstoresthe propertiesof
objects in Object Repository. UFT will use these stored
properties while executing the recorded script.
B. Descriptive Programming:
It is also known as Programmatic Description.Inthismethod
we write scripts using VBScript language where object
properties are directly coded instead of storing it object
repository.
a) Static Programming
b) Dynamic Programming
4. EVALUATION STUDY
In this study we have used HP UFT version 14.0 and
selenium version 3.4.0.
Comparison between these two tools is made on the basis of
following parameters:
4.1 Cost
UFT costs incurred are by licensing and in
maintenance, but Selenium is a totally free, open-
source tool and can be downloaded easily.
4.2 Easy Learning
Selenium is to be used efficiently for which it
requires proper installation and integration of
various tools. Learning to use Selenium tool can be
difficult.
4.3 Operating System Support
Selenium allows testing to be carried out in any
platform. Cross-platform testing is an essential
feature with growing technology and demands of
web-based testing.
Selenium tests applications on all major OSs like
Windows, Linux, OS X, and Solaris. [9]
UFT can be used only on windowsplatform.Though
it does not allow cross-platform but since windows
is more widely used, UFT is of high importance as
testing tool.
4.4 Browser Support
Browser support of Selenium is very high compare
to UFT. UFT supports mainly IE, Firefox, and
Chrome.
Selenium supports Firefox, chrome, IE, Safari, Html
Unit.[9]
4.5 Scripting Languages
Selenium along with itscross-platformfunctionality
allows scripting to be done using Java, C#, Python,
Ruby, JavaScript, PHP. It takes lot of time to create
scripts in selenium.
Scripting is the base for testing which can be done
using VBScript in UFT. Thus, it allows even naïve
users to use the tool due to simple programming
skills that are needed and not necessarily an expert
in scripting. However, if advanced test scripts with
complex logic may require some expertise skills as
for programming. Since scripting is easier, it can be
done faster than in Selenium.
4.6 Application under test
In selenium applications to be tested are Web
Applications.
In UFT, it is supported for testing of windows
desktop, web and mobile applications.
4.7 Cloud Execution
UFT was designed to test one application at a time
on a single machine.
Selenium can run code on one machine and test the
application on remote machine. Selenium-Grid is
specifically designed to run simultaneous tests on
different machines using different browsers and
different operating systems in parallel. Thus, it is a

perfect match for cloud-based testing architectures
and services.
4.8 Execution Efficiency
UFT tests one application per machine, whereas
Selenium can execute multiple, simultaneous tests
on a single machine.
Furthermore, UFT script executiontakesmoreRAM
and CPU power than does Selenium. UFT can run in
multiple Windows VMs, but these are more
resource-hungry than Linux VMs, which Selenium
can utilize.
Same hardware cangenerate more executionpower
in Selenium compared to UFT.
4.9 Object Storage and maintenance
Selenium recognizesobjectsonthe basisoftheDOM
structure of the HTML Page. Objects are managed
using UI-Element user extensionandproperties.[9]
UFT provides built in object repository which
makes stored objects reusable.
4.10 Execution Speed
Execution speed of Selenium is faster than UFT in
our case. We recorded execution time for UFT and
selenium for 2 same scripts.
And for the same test, execution time in Selenium
as show in Fig. (a)
For login test of Holachefwebsite executiontimein
UFT is as shown in Fig. (b)
Fig.(a) Execution Time in Selenium(13 sec)
Fig. (b) Execution time in UFT(25 sec)
5. CONCLUSION
Selection of right automation tool is based on application
requirement, type of application, budget and efficiency.
Selenium became more popular in short span of time.
Selenium framework is designed only for web application
testing If application requirements are getting fulfilled with
Selenium there is no need to go for UFT.
It's the application complexity and functionality which is a
major deciding factor for which type of tools should beused.
When it comes to web apps selenium is better choice as
compared to QTP which provides a tester more flexibility to
test the applications under various complex scenarios.
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