RFT Course Outline:

• Introduction to Functional Testing
• Benefits of Test Automation
• When and Why to Automate Tests?
• A look at Different Test Automation Tools

• What is IBM Rational Functional Tester?
• IBM Rational Functional Tester perspective
• Views
• Preferences
• Test application domain support

• Exercises – Module2

• Creating and managing projects
• Enabling web browsers
• Enabling the diagnostic tool
• Enabling JREs
• Script templates
• Accessing Help
• Exercises – Module3

• Script overview
• How to record a script
• Using verification points
• Clipboard verification points
• Image verification points
• Using wait states
• Inserting recording into a script
• Script support functions
• Calling other scripts
• Comments
• Logging
• Sleeping
• Timers
• Message boxes
• Creating scripts without recording

• Exercises – Module4

• Running scripts from IBM Rational Functional Tester
• IBM Rational TestManager integration
• Viewing results
• Searching log files
• Working with failed verification points
• Changing verification points
• Reasons for failure
• Debugging scripts
• Customized logs
• Eclipse test and performance tools platform logs
• Exercises – Module5

• What is an object map?
• Viewing a test object map
• Changing test object maps
• Searching for test objects
• Deleting and inserting objects
• Object map properties
• Sharing test object maps
• Unifying two test objects

• Exercises – Module6

• Data-driven testing
• Data pools
• Creating public data pools
• Exporting and importing data pools
• Associating a data pool with a script
• Data driven test tips
• Exercises – Module7

• Object matching
• Object recognition scores
• Object-matching sensitivity
• Pattern based object recognition
• Regular expressions
• Object properties configuration tool
• Script helper super class
• Modifying options for script execution
• Querying values of object properties
• Determining the values of cells in a table
• Iterating through table cells
• Rational process advisor
• Rational process browser
• Importing and exporting Functional Test project items
• Functional Tester proxy SDK
• Searching for test objects
• Extension for terminal based applications

• Exercises – Module8

• About CQ/TM
• CQ/TM workflow
• Test plans
• Test cases
• Configured test cases
• Test suites
• Test execution and logging
• Defect management
• Keyword functionality
• Linking RFT and RMT
• Publishing linked scripts
• Integration with ClearCase

• Exercises – Module9

• Menu items
• Address field
• Toolbars
• Pop-ups
• Cross-platform issues
• Trouble shooting functional tests

• Exercises – Module10

• Creating a Automation plan for a project
• Develop Automation Scripts
• Review of Automation Scripts
• Automation scripts execution
• Automation results reporting
• Defect Reporting

Resume preparation

Mock Interview