comparison between QTP and ranorex : General Questions

[shilpashree]

Can you give feature comparison between QTP and ranorex

[Support Team]

Hi,

Sorry but we have no comparison document for QTP, but i can post you some bullet points about Ranorex:

• Ranorex has much higher object identification capabilities and supports far more technologies.
• Ranorex has image-based recognition.
• Ranorex has Record-Replay functionality (Ranorex Recorder) for Windows and web applications
• Ranorex provides seamless integration for 32 & 64 bit
• Ranorex is far more powerful, being built on the .NET Framework
• Ranorex does not require you to learn a scripting language, because it is written in pure .Net code. Therefore, allowing you to use one of three languages (C#, VB.Net, and Iron Python)
• Ranorex offers a more flexible and standard test automation interface.
• Ranorex based test automation modules can be created as simple executable builds, with a standard .NET compiler.
• Ranorex is a pure .NET API.
• Ranorex automation library (API) is based on .NET, therefore, allowing you to integrate it into existing test environments and to combine existing automation tasks with Ranorex.
• Ranorex has smart and easy to read automation code, because of the use of Ranorex repository, which separates GUI identification information from automation code. The code is easy to read, object oriented and therefore acceptable for typical developers too.
• Ranorex provides you the ability to do test automation in your own environment.
• Ranorex uses standard and modern programming techniques.
• Ranorex allows testers with less programming knowledge, to create professional test modules with Ranorex Recorder.
• Ranorex Recorder provides user code actions , which allows developers to provide special validation or automation methods for their testers with less experiences in programming.
• Ranorex targets to get everything automated.
• Ranorex offers great object recognition, especially for modern GUI technologies like: .NET 2.0, WPF, Silverlight, Web Applications, Adobe Flex/Flash, and Support for 3rd party controls like infragistics or DevExpress.
• Ranorex supports all the technologies through the Ranorex Plug-Ins.
• In the future, we’re planning to create an open and documented interface for our users to write their own Plug-Ins, which provides the maximum of object recognition for your own applications.
  

Just a few bullet points.

Regards,
Peter
Ranorex Team

[slavikf]

I can confirm, that when we evaluated Automation tools (mostly Ranorex vs QTP, but i also evaluated Rationale Robot, TestComplete and Seapine QA Wizard ), we found Ranorex to be much better choice, because of:
* Superior object recognition (we have MFC C++ Windows app and XBAP based web-app)
* Scripting language used in QTP is just inefficient, especially comparing to Full-fledged .Net framework available in Ranorex (we use C#)...
* Price on QTP was just insane...

I found HP sales team is better - their salesman were coming to our office in Sacramento to demonstrate their product, called us a few times to follow up and even offered to talk to our CEO to convince him to buy QTP...

We was worried about support and training, but support proved to be reliable enough and Ranorex offered private over-the-web training with their Software Engineer (really knowledgeable)

[manpreet.x.singh]

Hey Experts,

I have been evaluating RANOREX tool to use in our project . Just a single quesiton I have for you Can we run ranorex scripts in qc like qtp scripts. ? If yes do we need any kind of addin or some thing to make a connection between qc and ranorex. Please reply asap. Thank You.

Regards
Manpreet SIngh
Cell : +91-9008733744

[sdaly]

You can easily run tests and record results with QC by selecting to add a VAPI-XP test, within the script tab for that test just call the Ranorex test exe with the name of the test as a argument. Within your test exe get the argument/name of test passed and invoke it. In test lab you can then create test instances and cycles as you usually would and kick the tests off If you want, you can also upload the logs etc through the QC API - take a wee look at this post - hp-quality-center-logging-t1459.html