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    Widely used scripting language in testing

    Hi all,

    Iam planning to take up QA as my prosession..can anyone please suggest me about the scripting language that i should learn..i have seen javascript, vbscript, perl and so on.....

    which one is best to take up?


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    Re: Widely used scripting language in testing

    Hi sujatha,

    Warm welcome for you to take QA as your profession. To become a Software Tester either manual or using Automation tools you should have very good knowledge in Testing concepts and metholodogies. There are lot of centres which will train you in these areas.

    Suppose if you want tobe a Automation Tester then you should know the Mercury tools such as QTP or WinRunner. Using these tools you can do the basic testing by recording and play back. But to do advance level of testing you should know to write code in these tools. Scripting languages are used for coding. Mecury Test Script Language is the one which is used for coding. Mercury TSL is based on the VB Scripting. So if you already know VB Script then it will be very useful for you in this regard.

    So to take up a profession as QA you should know the Testing concepts, metholodogies and some of the automation tools as a basic. If you know any of the scripting language then it will be added advantage for you. Not only the scripts but if you know SQL queries and Oracle along with the scripts then it will definitely help you in the process of getting job as a QA.

    All the best!!!!

    Ganesan


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    Hi Sujatha,

    Just to add to what Sridhar has already mentioned and to be very specific -
    Incase you are about to learn automated testing techinques, I would recommned VBScripting.

    Reason being Once you are familiarilized with VBScripting it would be easier to work on a large number of tools like -
    1) QTP
    2) Rational Robot (Uses SQABasic almost similar to VBScript)
    3) TestPartner
    4) RationalFunctionalTester (.NET Version)

    Also once you are comfortable with VBScripting, you can code your own library files in .vbs format and include it within most of automation tools.

    Cheers.....


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    Re: Widely used scripting language in testing

    You are learning the automation tools,

    Vb-script supports maximum for all automation tools.
    that is enough to all and u can do one thing , u can learn some languages also.


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    Re: Widely used scripting language in testing

    Though VB Script is used in famous automation tools, perl is one of the fastest growing 'scripting language for testers'.


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    Re: Widely used scripting language in testing

    Hi
    im working in a software company for manual testing( designation:software trainee). i am very much interested in automation testing. could you please tell me about automation testing and which one is better and good for future.


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    Re: Widely used scripting language in testing

    Hai friend,

    Quote Originally Posted by satishreddy.18may View Post
    Hi
    im working in a software company for manual testing( designation:software trainee). i am very much interested in automation testing. could you please tell me about automation testing and which one is better and good for future.
    Both has equal scope.

    Thanks
    Deepa


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    Re: Widely used scripting language in testing

    Hi ,
    For Testing professional Shell Scripting is must . BEcause we need to deploy the Builds ,we need to interact with Database . So it is a good practise to learn Unix/Shell Scripting

    with Regards,
    venkata Reddy


    Quote Originally Posted by sujatha21 View Post
    Hi all,

    Iam planning to take up QA as my prosession..can anyone please suggest me about the scripting language that i should learn..i have seen javascript, vbscript, perl and so on.....

    which one is best to take up?



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    Re: Widely used scripting language in testing

    Hi ,

    It's good if you learn QTP along with VB scripting or you can learn Shell Scripting /Perl .which has huge demand in future to automate the server side application

    with Regards,
    venkata Reddy

    Quote Originally Posted by deepasree View Post
    Hai friend,



    Both has equal scope.

    Thanks
    Deepa



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    Re: Widely used scripting language in testing

    Hi all..

    I have been working as a manual mobile tester from past 4 years. But I've no knowledge about any tools or scripting.Can u guys suggest me what should i learn to survive in this industry. Honestly speaking i hate codes that is the main reason i never showed interest in learning any scripting bases and i don't even know the basics of any scripts. So please help me and tell me how should i proceed further,..
    thanks


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    Re: Widely used scripting language in testing

    Quote Originally Posted by bizzzzzare View Post
    Hi Sujatha,

    Just to add to what Sridhar has already mentioned and to be very specific -
    Incase you are about to learn automated testing techinques, I would recommned VBScripting.

    Reason being Once you are familiarilized with VBScripting it would be easier to work on a large number of tools like -
    1) QTP
    2) Rational Robot (Uses SQABasic almost similar to VBScript)
    3) TestPartner
    4) RationalFunctionalTester (.NET Version)

    Also once you are comfortable with VBScripting, you can code your own library files in .vbs format and include it within most of automation tools.

    Cheers.....


    Pls I need you help, I am trying to loop values from an external excel sheet in a call function but its only picking the first rows of data, can you help please. I have researched and used several options but no JOY!. See code below:

    Function fnFetchDataFromExcelSheet(strColumnName)

    Dim sColValue

    'Initialize the return the value to "empty" string
    fnFetchDataFromExcelSheet = "empty"

    'Add a new blank sheet into the QTP data table
    'Excel data will be copied into this blank sheet
    DataTable.AddSheet("dtDataSheet")

    'Import the data from the excel sheet into the QTP data table
    DataTable.ImportSheet sExcelWorkbookPath, sTestCaseName, "dtDataSheet"

    'Find the value from the data table
    sColValue = DataTable.Value(strColumnName, "dtDataSheet")

    'Return the value back to the calling function
    fnFetchDataFromExcelSheet = sColValue

    'Remove Reference
    DataTable.DeleteSheet("dtDataSheet")


    End Function


    ====================================

    Many thanks


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