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QuickTest Pro sample code – sending an email using Outlook This QuickTest Pro code sample shows how you can create a subroutine that will send an email using Microsoft Outlook.  The subroutine is defined and can either be placed at the top of your script (must be executed first before it is called in order for [...]

WinRunner vs QuickTest Pro: Quick Comparison Document Update – January 2010 January 2010 Update: Originally I wrote a document several years ago when QuickTest Professional was really hitting the market as a popular tool.  The document was written to help address the numerous questions received on what was a better solution for a company to [...]

Software Configuration Management Overview In software development it is critical to maintain a historical trace of the changes your software programs go through and what code is being moved to what environment.  Software developers (programmers) need the ability to go back in time whether it is recent or in the past, to a specific version [...]

Question: “Have you been involved in calculating the ROI on Automation testing projects. Generally it has been found that the right ROI can be achieved only in long term projects spanning 2-5 years. As it takes a long time to understand the application and then develop a suite of test scripts, which provides benefits in [...]

In addition to all the software development, test automation, management, leadership and configuration management…Shawn also does some custom website designs like this current ASI website and the following ones:  

Partial Company Reference List The following is a sample list of some of the big name companies Shawn LoPorto has either been employed at or provided senior consulting services to.  Services provided include Management, Leadership, Testing, Automation and Training on QuickTest Pro, Quality Center, WinRunner, XRunner, LoadRunner. 

QuickTest Professional (QTP) is a great test automation tool used for functional testing.  It is the “cadillac” of the testing tools with tons of features and interfaces.  It’s strength can also be its weakness; it is very robust with numerous capabilities however this can also be very overwhelming and confusing to people new to the tool and test [...]