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The recipe is simple. You should learn the following:

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QTP uses VBScript language. That's why strong knowledge of VBScript is 'must
have'.
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p w3schools' VBScript tutorial

p ½S' VBScript Guide.

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To write good automated tests, you should know  to write them.
There are different approaches and solution. There is not a silver bullet.
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p Test Automation Frameworks
p Ghoosing a Test Automation Framework
p Totally Data-Driven Automated Testing
p Seven Steps to Test Automation Success

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This QTP tutorial cames with QTP.
It's quite clean and informative. Its main goal is to show and explain basic
concepts of QuickTest Professional. It provides knowledge on:
p creating a test
p working with Object Repository (OR)
p running and analyzing tests
p verifying tests
p parameterizing, etc

3
 '\help\QTTutorial.pdf' or '\help\Tutorial.chm' in QTP Install folder.

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As previous tutorial, the present User's Guide come with QTP install too.
This guide is intended for QuickTest Professional users at all levels. It gives a
 knowledge on:
p working with QTP Object Repositoies
p designing tests
p enhancing tests (checkpoints, parameterizing, etc)
 p maintaining anf debugging tests
p advanced testing features, etc

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 '\help\QTUsersGuide.pdf' or '\help\½ainUsersGuide.chm' in QTP

Install folder.

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When working with QTP, you will be closely linked with such ½icrosoft's
applications, as: Excel, Word, Outlook. So, I recommend to get familiar with
GO½, GO½ Technologies, and GO½ objects of:
p ½S Internet Explorer
p ½S Excel
p ½S Outlook

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SQL is so important in programming, that I strongly recommend to spend time to
learn SQL:
p concepts of RDB½
p selecting/updating/deleting data
p SQL queries optimizations
p databases administration

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p w3schools' SQL tutorial

p ½S SQL Server - this and this
p Oracle DB

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X½L is an extremely popular and useful format. I'm sure that ȕou will have to
deal with data, stored in X½L-files.
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p w3schools' X½L tutorial

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Since QuickTest Professional works perfectly with web applications, you should
be expert in related fields - HT½L, HTTP, DHT½L, DO½, etc. They will simplify
your future QTP script and make them more reliable and maintenable.
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 p w3schools' HT½L tutorial
p w3schools' DHT½L tutorial
p A Beginner's Guide to the X½L DO½
p DO½ tutorials

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It contains a lot of practical articles about QuickTest Professional.
You can find there QTP webinars, QTP FAQs, documentations, solutions of your
problems or different ways how to improve your QTP automated tests.
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p HP Self-solve Knowledge Search (requires an access to HP site)

10.

Sure, it's impossible to know all information on QTP.
That's why I recommend to use these two sites to search answers to your QTP
questions:
p Google
p Easy way to automate testing