Review: QuickTest Professional Unplugged + One free book + Discount Offer

by | Last Updated On Aug 8, 2014 | Books | 63 comments

Here is a review of QuickTest Professional Unplugged by author Tarun Lalwani

What I like about the book?

QTP UnPlugged

  • A one-of-its-kind book on QTP. Till now we had to satisfy ourselves with QTP tutorials/ HP knowledge base and had to ‘put-it-all-together’ by ourselves. This book makes learning QTP far more accessible.
  • Authored by a person who has helped scores of people on the QTP community, with over 12000 posts on a popular QA forums answering testers’ queries. You can be assured he knows what he is talking about.
  • Neatly divided into 32 chapters with nice explanations and accompanying code snippets.
  • It has fodder for all, from beginners to gurus of QTP.

How you should read the book?

Read it cover to cover and do not directly dive into chapters of your interest. I know this advice is contrary to what you would generally do with technical books. It is for a reason. There are nuggets of wisdom hidden in the points in between and notes at the end of each chapter. Moreover, this guy has an uncanny habit of finding out undocumented features in QTP. I don’t want you to lose any such points by skipping those lessons.

Who is this book for?

  • Those  looking to dirty their hands after already having a round of QTP training.
  • Those who are at least a month or two old using QTP (with some good effort).
  • Those wanting to go beyond record-replay and feel like getting something advanced like working on Windows API, .NET classes etc.
  • Those looking to integrate QTP with QC.
  • Those who need help with Descriptive Programming.
  • Those who need help with various MS Office Object Models.
  • Those who need help designing their QTP frameworks.
  • Those who need help with VBScript in QTP.
  • Those who need help with… fill it yourself

What did you release it so late in 2009 and not when I was looking for such concepts? What I could have got from reading this book alone took me tons of R & D to find out.

Who is this book not for?

You may not get a ‘tutorial’ feel here. For those just starting out with QTP, this is not a substitute for QTP Training (unless you are a focused self-learner).

What I would want more?

  • Tarun has done full justice with 400+ pages. I can’t think of any major improvements.
  • Since this book target beginners I would have loved to see more explanations for real-time applicability of terms like Execute, Eval. Similarly, in the chapter that covers DotNetFactory (… introduced in QTP 9.2), explanations of terms like Guid, ProgID etc. might have made these concepts easier to understand.
  • As is the norm with other technical books, an accompanying CD having code snippets that were used throughout the book.

Where can you buy this book from and is there any discount?

  • If you are in India – You can buy it from Flipkart
  • If you are in US – You can buy the book from Amazon US
  • If you are in UK – You can buy the book from Amazon UK
  • If you are in Canada – You can buy the book from Amazon Canada
  • If you are elsewhere – Check out various other options.

Give Away – One QTP UnPlugged Book

Ok, coming to the giveaway. To celebrate the launch of first ever book on QTP, LearnQTP is sponsoring a book for one lucky person. Here is what you need to do and it’s really simple.

  1. You need to subscribe to this blog via email. Enter your email address below and click on Subscribe. Check your inbox and verify your subscription. In case you are already subscribed through email, you can skip this point.
  2. Comment below with your email with which you have subscribed saying I am dying to get QTP Unplugged or your variations of it. You can simply put your email under the Mail edit field. No need to put it explicitly on comments, unless you want to invite some unwanted attention by email scrapers.
  3. This contest is open for exactly one week. The contest ends on 11/Oct/2009. At 12:00 PM IST, I will put all the emails inside random.org and choose one lucky winner. I will try to record a screen cast of the draw. Bookmark this article as I “ll put the screen cast here itself as an update.

Points To Note:

  • You should have a valid shipping address in India to participate in this giveaway.
  • One person, one email please. More than one entry by the same person would result in him/her getting outright ban from the contest . We hate spamming and we have sufficient means to track it.
  • LearnQTP’s decision will be final.
  • Copy is sponsored by LearnQTP and would be shipped by KnowledgeInbox. The winner would need to provide the snail mail address.

Get Set Go!

Update: We have a winner. QTP Unplugged goes to Ramesh (Comment #36) Check out the video below of how we did the random draw. Those who couldn’t make it can still buy the book from various options given above.

Thanks everyone for participating!

Declaring winner of QTP UnPlugged

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63 Comments

  1. Sundeep on Jan 10, 2011 at 23:41

    Not for Beginners …

    This book is definitely not for beginners..because i am a beginner in QTP and gone through this book many times and noticed these points :-

    1.not mentioning a project example through which one can understands the concepts.
    2. Lack of proper flow of information given .
    3.big topics ..but very few examples ( again project or sufficient description needed here ).
    4. Not for beginners..

  2. Yathiraju on Nov 1, 2009 at 17:44

    I would like to buy this book.

    Please let me know the procedure to avail this one.

  3. Tarun Lalwani on Oct 29, 2009 at 16:32

    @Maxy: I am the Author of the book and would like to thank you for the comment. I would like to better understand few things from you

    – What you feel was missing?
    – What you felt was something that a beginner would not be able to understand?
    – What examples you think should have been there?
    – How things could have been made better?
    – Some information on your background in terms of experience with any other programming languages and all that you might have worked with

    Appreciate your time and feedback with the same

    Regards,
    Tarun Lalwani

  4. Maxy on Oct 29, 2009 at 14:59

    QTP unplugged is not a good book. I did not like the content. Not enough examples. Seriously it is not for beginners. May be for expert they may like it. So beginners stay away from this book.

  5. sapna on Oct 15, 2009 at 03:00

    how can i get this book and how much it is?

  6. Ramesh on Oct 11, 2009 at 01:43

    Hi All,

    Actually i could not wait to read the book so i ordered it..
    Now i am happy that i won the book and the most happiest thing is that the author of the book called me and i talked to him for few minutes..

    Thank you guys..

    Appreciating your efforts..

    • Ankur on Oct 11, 2009 at 01:47

      Congrats Again!
      You will be refunded the amount – since you have already purchased the book.

  7. Ankur on Oct 10, 2009 at 23:17

    …QTP Unplugged goes to Ramesh (Comment #36)

  8. Ankur on Oct 10, 2009 at 22:23

    The contest is closed now. I am also locking the comments on this post for some time. Now, I am going to pull all participating emails from my database. Result will be out in some time. Watch out for the screencast.

    All the best to everyone who participated!

  9. Santhosh on Oct 10, 2009 at 04:43

    I am dying to get QTP Unplugged

    Thanks,
    Sai

  10. Sai on Oct 10, 2009 at 04:42

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    Sai

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  15. Kamal on Oct 9, 2009 at 00:01

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  16. Navneet on Oct 8, 2009 at 23:17

    Hi All,

    Of all thanks for Ankur Effort’s for details review of Tarun’s Book and Congratulation to Tarun for getting a valuable book on QTP.

    Secondly, their no need to Dye for the book…. comments of people “dying to get QTP unplugged”
    Ankur has already mention from where u can get it…under sub heading..

    “Where can you buy this book from and is there any discount?”

    Please get one and share with me as well (hehehhelol).

    Keep Testing & Enjoy Testing

    Nav

  17. Yogeesha on Oct 8, 2009 at 22:51

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  26. Devendra Sharma on Oct 6, 2009 at 21:54

    Great Book Tarun!!

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  28. Sumithra on Oct 6, 2009 at 17:57

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  31. Nagaraj on Oct 6, 2009 at 09:00

    At last QTP lovers got a book for reference. Thanks a lot to Tarun

    I am dying to get QTP Unplugged.

  32. Rajesh on Oct 6, 2009 at 06:59

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    Thanks for the support guys..this website helps everyone in qtp…
    U guys are rocking

  33. Shaji on Oct 6, 2009 at 00:37

    This is cool. Finally QTP lovers have a documented resource. Thanks for this opportunity. Love to have the copy of this book

    Thanks for all the efforts

  34. AMOS on Oct 5, 2009 at 20:46

    I appreciate your efforts .This is definitely something which I have been waiting to get my hands on.

  35. Vagdhan Thantepudi on Oct 6, 2009 at 10:13

    Thank God!!!

    A long long awaited book atlast have come!

    Thank you Tarun for your effort. Will be Great ful to you.

    Thank you Tarun for your supporting review!!

    Will run for a copy 🙂

    Regards!!

  36. Nataraj on Oct 5, 2009 at 08:52

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  37. Donna on Oct 5, 2009 at 06:32

    I am dying to get QTP Unplugged.
    As an Automation Testing professional – this book would would be a welcome resource.

  38. Hitesh on Oct 5, 2009 at 06:29

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  39. Rajat on Oct 5, 2009 at 06:20

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  42. George Baker on Oct 5, 2009 at 04:29

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  43. Radhika on Oct 5, 2009 at 04:23

    Hi Ankur,
    I am a beginner with QTP and “I am dying to get a copy of QTP unplugged”

    Thanks in advance
    Radhika

  44. Zubair on Oct 5, 2009 at 04:08

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  45. Bilal on Oct 5, 2009 at 02:21

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  46. Divya Jhaveri on Oct 4, 2009 at 22:45

    Hi Tarun,
    Can I get this book from any book store in India?

    Thanks,
    Divya

  47. Murali on Oct 4, 2009 at 22:39

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  48. Vivek on Oct 4, 2009 at 22:37

    Hi,

    I am eager to learn the untapped and undocumented techniques and tips to master the qtp better.

  49. Raj on Oct 4, 2009 at 22:37

    I have been following Ankur blog & Tarun’s KnowledgeInbox for the last 2 yrs. It is very great to get lot of informations at place. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

  50. Chris Gomez on Oct 5, 2009 at 11:58

    I need QTP Unplugged in my life!!!

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  53. Bhaskar on Oct 4, 2009 at 21:41

    Hi
    I am dying to get QTP Unplugged,
    AS a Testing professional I can not work without QTP

  54. Devanshu on Oct 4, 2009 at 21:40

    Hi Ankur,
    Very much thanks for your detail review, as you are all time hit guide and all time giving right path to community,

    Hi Tarun,
    Very much thanks for your extensive efforts for writing such book,
    I would definitely going to buy this…

    Many Thanks
    Devanshu..

  55. prasanna on Oct 4, 2009 at 21:24

    Thanks Ankur giving a oppurnity to buy this book.I am also eager to look at this book.

  56. Paxs on Oct 4, 2009 at 20:46

    Aw, geezzz.. am dying to get my hands on this book but, alas! I live in southern california.

    Too bad!

  57. Saket on Oct 4, 2009 at 20:35

    Thanks Ankur, for this great opportunity to get the book.

    I am dying to get QTP Unplugged

  58. Pavan on Oct 4, 2009 at 20:18

    I am dying to get QTP Unplugged–to see what is life without it!

  59. Pankaj Saraswat on Oct 4, 2009 at 20:14

    I am dying to get QTP Unplugged

  60. Tarun Lalwani on Oct 4, 2009 at 10:43

    Yes, extensibility is also in my wish list. I haven’t had much experience with it but I would certainly explore it in greater depths

  61. Tarun Lalwani on Oct 4, 2009 at 10:15

    Thanks Ankur for such a detailed review. For your 2nd point regarding usability of Execute, Eval I would definitely take that up in the next edition. The source code though not available on the CD is available online at the below link

    Download Source Code from KnowledgeInbox

    • Ankur on Oct 4, 2009 at 10:39

      Good to know you are coming with v2. You may also include the topic of ‘extensibility’ from my wish list. Though it’s been a long time it was released, I have not seen much happening around this area.