Book Review + 5 Copies GiveAway: And I Thought I knew QTP

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And I Thought I knew QTP is the title of a new book by Tarun Lalwani.

And I Thought I Knew QTP

I knew this was a different book as soon as I laid my hand on the review copy – an unusual square shaped technical book. I read a lot of technical and non-technical stuff but this was the first technical book which started off in a humorous & casual tone, with a character NURAT narrating his experiences.

The author will take proper nouns and twist them so much that it may make you chuckle at times – especially if you’re someone who is conversant with the services, stores and geography of India. In this process, he didn’t spare his own name either.

The book with its unique style is a complete reference for QTP interview questions and answers. While his previous book –QTP Unplugged– was created as a QTP Guide having sections with chapters on various topics, this book is written more like a novel involving various fictional -witty- characters. The protagonist is a next door guy who has his share of fears, apprehensions but is smart enough to overcome the ~294 pages grueling done by his interviewers and brave enough to introspect –And I Thought I knew QTP.
Without giving much away I can say this is a comprehensive novel on QTP interview questions and answers. I like the fact that in between technical stuff, the author has smartly coupled behavioral aspects of an interview on how to tackle difficult situations.

The only complaint I have with this book is that it will make a job of QTP interviewers more difficult since any question that we ought to ask has been covered in this book. 🙂

I think apart from QTP learning, this book provides a lesson for technical book writers on how to make technical books less boring.

Buy This Book

This book is available for $49 for people in US while for Rs 500/- in India.

Contest:

Announcing the launch of this book, Tarun has offered 5 copies for the readers of LearnQTP. We thought it would be fun to run a small contest for all those who want this book. Check the details below on how to enter the contest.
Update:  The contest is closed now.  5 lucky winners are –

  1. Comment #43 Sonia
  2. Comment #15 Ansh
  3. Comment #31 John Stewart
  4. Comment #35Laavanya
  5. Comment #58 Kripal
Congrats to all the winners. Once you provide your snail mail address, your copy will be dispatched. Thanks to others who participated in the contest and made this a huge success. You can buy this book from the links mentioned above.

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78 Comments

  1. Ankur on Dec 12, 2011 at 13:10

    Contest is now closed. We’re closing the comments form now and will be declaring the winners soon. All the best!

  2. arun on Dec 11, 2011 at 19:18

    i am interested in learning automation frameworks especially about hybrid frameworks(combination of data driven and modular framework)

  3. Shalabh Dixit on Dec 11, 2011 at 00:18

    Seems to be an interesting book. First of it’s type.

  4. Udayakiran on Dec 10, 2011 at 19:54

    I would like to learn more about AUT (Java,PHP etc.) Runtime objects native properties & methods so that they would be useful to perform some operations on objects when we cannot perform some complex operations using Testobjects .

  5. nelson t diaz on Dec 9, 2011 at 23:08

    Great ! Nothing better to learn how to use QTP than real life experience.

  6. Praveen on Dec 9, 2011 at 18:53

    Thanks Tarun for these Wonderful book. After reading it, it feels like you don’t have anything left in QTP to learn:). It covers almost everything(per my knowledge).
    I’d like to know more about BPT Frameworks – Implementation with real time examples, All undocumented features of QTP at one place, Internal Architecture of QTP(Engines, Utilities, etc)

  7. Praveen on Dec 9, 2011 at 18:52

    I’d like to know more about BPT Frameworks – Implementation with real time examples, All undocumented features of QTP at one place, Internal Architecture of QTP(Engines, Utilities, etc)

  8. Kalyan on Dec 9, 2011 at 15:41

    I have seen few demo pages and seems like very interesting.

  9. Udit Batra on Dec 9, 2011 at 10:38

    Hi Ankur,
    i am an automation tester for about 2 years. i have just started out my career in IT. I was very keen to learn OTA(Open test archiotecture) i think its something about QTP-Qctr connection. i have serched many tutorials but i am not able to find anything on it. I was hoping you could provide a small tutorial with basic functions and explanation of the Object model.

  10. Pallavi on Dec 9, 2011 at 10:02

    I would like to learn automating and executing test scripts on mobile applications using QTP

  11. Satyabrata Saha on Dec 8, 2011 at 23:42

    Want to learn more about QTP can be used to automate UNIX and Mainframe applicaions.

  12. lovely on Dec 8, 2011 at 23:23

    i do not think that i know qtp that well, and hence i so badly wish that i am among the 5 to get the book …Would really help me boost my carrer along with certification ..

  13. Saurabh Verma on Dec 8, 2011 at 19:24

    I know i have to learn QTP because we two are together for the last 5 years.I have started my career from version 8.2.
    My thrust and excitement for QTP is still same as it was on my first day.I simply love to discover new things in it.

  14. Azhar on Dec 8, 2011 at 18:13

    Finger crossed after reading QTP unplugged.

  15. Vaishali on Dec 8, 2011 at 13:15

    I want to learn How to handle challenging scenarios of web table and dynamic objects handling through QTP!!!

  16. Sabah on Dec 8, 2011 at 11:40

    Hi, I wanna learn more about object repository.
    Btw is this book available for kindle?

  17. Ayyappa on Dec 7, 2011 at 20:33

    Hi Ankur, Can you please provide some inputs and challenges on Flex application using QTP

  18. Brahma on Dec 7, 2011 at 16:31

    I’d like to get some insight on the extensibility feature… especially for the .Net.

  19. Kiran on Dec 7, 2011 at 15:58

    I would like to master QTP and reading this book is surely a right step.

  20. satheesh on Dec 7, 2011 at 14:24

    I would like to learn more about Descriptive programming in QTP

  21. Kripal on Dec 7, 2011 at 12:44

    I would like KNOW how to managing QTP RESULT in different ways..!.!

  22. Saurabh Gauba on Dec 7, 2011 at 10:46

    Great review !
    Reading this book surely looks promising.

  23. Hanu on Dec 7, 2011 at 10:44

    Wanna learn about optimized way to use QTP!!!

  24. Brij on Dec 7, 2011 at 10:18

    I have been following Tarun’s website and Books for quite some time. I read QTP unplugged which was outstanding book.
    I bet new book would be one step ahead.I think this new book would explain the real particle QTP problems.

  25. Nitesh on Dec 7, 2011 at 09:18

    I would like to learn more on descriptive programming. Also, I would like to know how to automate an iOS applications.

  26. Varun Goyal on Dec 7, 2011 at 08:56

    i have been following qtp Unplugged for 1 year and yes it actually teaches you qtp in different and easy way. One thing which should be added to every edition of QTP book by Tarun should be containing a dedicated chappter for QTP certification info ( contents can be active and de-active versions of certification , the fee structure , the links to prometric centre , available timings info , experience sharing of people who got the certification etc ). 2nd most important thing is creating an account at HP for qtp downloads is something which we usually forget , so there must be a default login username password provided by (Tarun & learnqtp) to download the various qtp versions. Best of luck guys , looking foward to swallow “And I thought I knew QTP”.

  27. Sanjay Chaudhari on Dec 7, 2011 at 08:16

    QTP Unplugged is best book to learn QTP from top to bottom… I would like to gin more knowledge in ‘XML Parsing in QTP Using XMLUtil ‘ Preety sure that ‘And I Thought I knew QTP’ will enhance my QTP knowledge… So Tarun waiting to become one of the lucky 5 ppl…!!

  28. Aries Truong on Dec 7, 2011 at 07:12

    I’ve read preview on amazon and I really like this book.

  29. Brinda R on Dec 7, 2011 at 05:11

    Tarun is GENIUS in QTP World. I have learned QTP through his blog and still continuing the same. Everytime i visit his site, i find something new to learn….Keep up the good work Tarun…and many many Thanks for teaching all of us QTP in such a simple language.

  30. Shirish Deshpande on Dec 7, 2011 at 05:03

    I am looking at this book from the perspective of not only learning QTP techniques but using it effectively for automation projects also with some examples given on our day to day life but relates with QTP to make it more understandable . I hope this book will fullfill these things.

  31. Rashmi on Dec 7, 2011 at 04:06

    I read the intro of this book on Amazon and can’t wait to get my hands over it…

  32. John Oglesby on Dec 7, 2011 at 01:57

    We are currently using QTP with Quality Center, but I would like to learn alternative ways of launching my test suite and collecting the reports generated by QTP.

  33. Shefali on Dec 7, 2011 at 01:55

    His first book was by far the best in QTP and i am looking forward to read more on interview based situational questions and anwers.

  34. Mohsin on Dec 7, 2011 at 01:20

    QTP Handling Mobile App Automation !!

  35. Mohsin on Dec 7, 2011 at 01:18

    More explorer on difference between different version of QTP, Functions and QTP handling Mobile Automation features…. i am sure you will get in this Book !!

  36. sonia on Dec 7, 2011 at 00:52

    I would like to know as how to apply QTP in service oriented applications and also abot customised frameworks.The review of the book is great .So certainly,looking forward to read this book ASAP.

  37. Shabeer Qadri on Dec 7, 2011 at 00:06

    I just bought QTP Unplugged and I am looking forward to read teh book.

  38. ankit on Dec 7, 2011 at 00:02

    HI
    I need to know about how to select and click on one of the sublinks which becomes visible when mouse is put over link.

    Thanks
    Ankit

  39. Bhaskar on Dec 7, 2011 at 00:00

    I want to learn more about framework designing.

  40. Neha Shrivastava on Dec 7, 2011 at 00:00

    I want to learn more on automating PDF with QTP..like
    1) Reading PDF content
    2) Comparing two PDF’s etc

    also want to learn as How can we handle Security testing with QTP.

  41. joe tester on Dec 6, 2011 at 23:59

    The only reason to buy Tarun’s book is because no one else has written a truly usefull book for QTP. No one has written a usefull book for QTP, because QTP is developer unfriendly, and a bloated memory hog of an application that crashes too often, is far too slow with a predisposition to be one of the last Windows apps that can lock up a processor and actually force a hard reboo. It really is not that great of a piece of software. My guess ist that anyone who can be taken seriously as a technical author is not willing to commit to a book for software that is such an embarassment the way QTP is.

    Beyond this, Tarun’s last book was filled with gramatical and technical errors. Why would this new book be expected to be any better?

  42. John Morand on Dec 6, 2011 at 23:56

    I’d like to learn more re Web Services testing using QTP

  43. Jolly on Dec 6, 2011 at 23:53

    Books has great reviews and would love to read it to solidfy the why behind strategies and curious to learn what I dont know about QTP.

  44. Laavanya on Dec 6, 2011 at 23:33

    I am anxiously waiting for the release of this book as the title itself hooks the reader. I am very grateful to Tarun for giving such a excellent book on QTP and thereby invoking my interest.

  45. Babu Ramabadran on Dec 6, 2011 at 22:24

    Learn QTP is a very useful book for beginners as well as experts.

  46. Bal Mukund on Dec 6, 2011 at 20:46

    I have read ‘QTP Unplugged’ by Tarun. After reading that I was considering that I knew everything about QTP but when I heard that Tarun is coming with new book which named as ‘And I thought I knew QTP’, so I was wondering that what else is remaining in QTP now which is not covered in previous book. So I am now quite curious and desperate to read this new book to know that what I didn’t know about QTP?

  48. John Stewart on Dec 6, 2011 at 20:26

    QTP Unplugged is required reading for every new member to our automation team – VERY informative book. How about a quick tutorial on Global Dictionary?
    We began using this as part of our Multi Language scripting, but more information would help alot.

  49. Steve Isenberg on Dec 6, 2011 at 20:03

    Ways to read and write XML files from QTP.

  50. valadi srinivasan on Dec 6, 2011 at 19:27

    i downloaed the optimization. very concise and educative.

  51. valadi srinivasan on Dec 6, 2011 at 19:20

    I would be interested in learning more on the VB scripting and QTP. I benefited a lot from the QTP course and will continue my education in this area

  52. Dennis Stinehelfer on Dec 6, 2011 at 19:12

    I would like to know more about randomizing my master data in SAP data entry test scripts. That is, I am downloading Master Data tables (vendor and customer codes, accounting codes, current requision, invoice and PO numbers) into MS Access and want to select say “any random customer” to use within a script. Thanks.

  53. Nathiya on Dec 6, 2011 at 17:08

    hi
    first of al ,my heartly thanks to Ankur Jain
    i know Tarun-THE QTP GENIUS .eagerly awaitin for this book . am sure this book definetely helps me a lot as am in journey of learning QTP

  54. Anil on Dec 6, 2011 at 16:46

    eager to hold it on

  55. Rahul Pant on Dec 6, 2011 at 15:05

    I would like to learn more about frameworks.

  56. Steven Devonport on Dec 6, 2011 at 14:43

    Having worked with QTP for a few years now, what I’ve really missed is having a handy reference for any situation and I think this book may be that one.

  57. Sweta on Dec 6, 2011 at 14:41

    I want to learn about QTP frameworks.

  58. mallikarjun on Dec 6, 2011 at 14:40

    I think this will reduce the learning cost and institutions specially in HYDERABAD

  59. ansh on Dec 6, 2011 at 14:01

    Can a framework or model be designed tto introduce automation from day one using QTP?

  60. kaarthik on Dec 6, 2011 at 13:39

    I worked in some aspects of QTP such as parameterization, but I want to be well versed in all aspects such as Framework, DP and all advanced topics. I hope this book changes me “I Thought I knew QTP” zone to “I know QTP” zone.

  61. Abhay on Dec 6, 2011 at 13:23

    I like Taruns QTP unplugged very much. He covers DP very well. I have gone through Preview of book. It’s great. Its good to understand in question answer format. Also will help me for QTP Certification Preparation.

  62. Shaji Nair on Dec 6, 2011 at 13:16

    QTP Unplugged was my entry point to the world of QTP. I would like to know and explore on the automation using QTP on mobile devices and more on framework best practices

  63. Ansh on Dec 6, 2011 at 13:00

    Is it possible to design automation framework at free will without worrying about tools and then bring QTP in picture? or I will need to design framework keeping in mind that the tool going to be used is QTP?

  64. Ansh on Dec 6, 2011 at 12:56

    Would like to know how QTP can help in designing (not implementing) various automation frameworks. Or is it like that looking at QTP features the framework would need to be designed bottom up.
    It would be good if I design the framework at free will without worrying about my tools and then bring in QTP in picture. This helps in keeping my framework and model robust.

  65. Prabhat Nayak on Dec 6, 2011 at 12:46

    I would love to know more on QTP with Web 2.0 add-in.

  66. Manish on Dec 6, 2011 at 12:20

    This book really sounds interesting.. Learning with fun.. what a concept. Will surely like to check if I really know QTP or… “And I Thought I knew QTP..!” 🙂

  67. Lavanya on Dec 6, 2011 at 12:08

    I feel any book by Mr.Tarun will be good and i would like to thank Ankur Jain

  68. Dharmesh V on Dec 6, 2011 at 12:05

    Nice review on the book and appears quite interesting to see such an innovative concept in technical books.

    One aspect of QTP that I would like to learn more is about Handling errors in external systems (OS, AUT, Browser etc). In short more about Recovery scenarios.

    Thanks,
    DV

  69. A M Varaprasad on Dec 6, 2011 at 11:55

    good review.. waiting for the book… 🙂

  70. Vlad on Dec 6, 2011 at 11:53

    I guess the interesting thing for me would be to learn more about using QTP to perform testing on the modern Web 2.0 technologies like SmartGWT

  71. Prabhavathi on Dec 6, 2011 at 11:49

    I want to learn more about Data table concepts

  72. Jitender Singh on Dec 6, 2011 at 11:47

    Wanna learn more about QTP Web extensibility toolkit.

  73. Niteen Mahajan on Dec 6, 2011 at 11:47

    I would like to know more about the Object spy and Object Repository.

    Niteen

  74. Harish on Dec 6, 2011 at 11:46

    Recently I had a chance to go through preview of the book… I liked it a lot… I completely agree to what has been mentioned in the post “I think apart from QTP learning, this book provides a lesson for technical book writers on how to make technical books less boring.”

    – Harish

  75. Nishikant on Dec 6, 2011 at 11:46

    I would like to learn more on descriptive programming. Also, I would like to know how to automate an application on Tandem Emulator .

  76. MarkS on Dec 6, 2011 at 11:45

    It’s good to see some books relating to tools used extensively in the industry, especially those that offer practical solutions to problems encountered by many.

  77. Jitender Singh on Dec 6, 2011 at 11:44

    Wanna learn more about QTO Web extensibility toolkit.

  78. Steve Solomon on Dec 6, 2011 at 11:44

    Greetings!
    Any book by Tarun must be good… His “QTP Unplugged” is an awesome reference on all things QTP!