The UFT API Testing Manifesto: A step-by-step, hands-on testing guide for the masses

5/29/2017Getting worse in a way. I am learning more about API testing as I read the books text but the examples are not working. I'm on the Data driving section. I cannot find the Data drive the entire step button. Also the previous chapter for Array checking did not work. I'm thinking that the book was written for an earlier version of UFT and it is not matching up. Joe...If you are reading this and want someone to tell you each spot where it broke down in functionality I'd be glad to fix this communication of the book. It is so close to being great and then does not work.I unfortunately need to down grade my score from 5 to 3 stars. When I read the book it seemed as though once I tried the examples the information that I did not understand would fit together. i move slowly but I am usually a little above average on following written instructions. I am finding that the steps are not working. I am using UFT 14. The items that the steps are mentioning are not on the UFT Screen. I think that Joe needs to work with someone such as me to watch a user following the instructions. Things are missing on the screens. When a screen shot is needed then it is not available. I am in the part of the book where it is taking about REST. It is important to me and it just does not follow the book. Joe if you read this and want to work through the chapters I might be a good subject. Just be ready for about 5 questions per hour to clarify the book. Joe...You are very valuable to the community and I feel badly writing this.I was familiar with most topics in the book but I was never clear on how the pieces fit together. I worked with SOAP, REST, HTTP as a manual and automation tester when a client asked me to look for a specific finding. Now I know what's going on. A developer might be bored with the explanations about what the tool is testing but as a QA Tester the background information about XML, JSON, HTTP was beneficial for me. There is still plenty of information regarding the usage of UFT API to make the book an important read. One reviewer above mentioned that exploring the software and reading the help files would be just as useful. I was more of a curious character when I was younger. Now I prefer a bit of hand holding when learning something new. So for me it is almost a perfect book. In one place Joe wrote that there are a few ways to do something and then listed two ways. I think of few as meaning three and I don't know if it is a standard. Next I plan to go through all of the example steps very slowly so that I can pick up the nuances on how everything works. Joe if you are reading this....I appreciate your website and this book. I plan to use your website more often but I also invite you over at sqaforums.com on occasion. I'm a user on that site as well.

(Disclosure: I'm a Functional Architect at HP, and was responsible for the design of HP Service Test and API Testing in UFT)This is Joe Colantonio's first book, and as far as I know, it's also the first book that has been written on API Testing with UFT. It's a great accompaniment to anyone who's getting started with API testing. The book starts out by describing the new user interface, and then guides you through the process of creating your first test. It then goes on to explain how to use UFT to test different API technologies, such as Web Services, REST, databases, FTP, JMS, etc, and describes how you can download and install free implementations of these technologies so that you can experiment with UFT for yourself. The book also includes useful information such as integration with HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), as well as how you can get Jenkins to run your API tests as part of your continuous integration. As a bonus, there's even a script that you can use to schedule recurring tests from ALM. The book closes with a chapter on integration with other HP automated testing tools such as GUI tests in UFT.Yes, there are a few niggling typos, but nevertheless, I'd recommend this book to anyone starting out with API testing. You'll probably agree with Joe's words in the introduction, "This book is what I wished I had when I first began using UFT API testing."

Good or very good, but I often get the impression that author is sugar-coating flaws of the software. And there's quite a few. Working with spreadsheets and HP ALM resources is limited in comparison to GUI component and author instead of saying this explicitly , beats around the bush showing example that is not useful at all. But this my only con I can give against this book. Rest of it is brilliant and pretty straightforward. In form of a tutorial that guides you through a lot of features for the software.I must admit it's the only source of knowledge about UFT api testing that covers most of the product capabilities in one place.

Those familiar with Joe's website (joecolantonio.com) already know his love of automation and his desire to help others avoid pitfalls. HP's Unified Functional Testing (UFT) combines the functionality of the Quick Test Professional (QTP) and HP Service Test 11. The UFT API Testing Manifesto focuses on the non-QTP functionality within UFT, functionality that has been enhanced from Service Test 11.The book is clearly written and full of practical, focused examples. After reading it, I have sent this book to a number of teams within our company who are starting to use UFT. It is aimed for the beginner in API testing, but there is enough depth to make this a worthwhile read for experienced Automation Engineers. It provides basic context for the importance of headless testing, then tours the new IDE (significantly different from QTP). The detailed examples (testing JSON, SOAP, RESTful services) alone justify reading.

The book is very in detail and went through all available feature of UFT API testing. First UFT API book ever written .worth owning!! UFT API can connect to many like UFT GUI, JAVA class and many more . Custom code is great plus . I was hoping to see more custom code though but UFT API already provided many built in feature so it's not like GUI test you have to write almost everything in code, you can use available steps to build a UML style visual framework mapping your data around . Custom is kinda side kick but leave you with great imagination. Like Joe always says : only imagination is your limit, there is so much can be done . In short , great work Joe, big fan!!!

Literally the best UFT resource I have managed to get my hands on. I am consistently using it as a reference when building tests. Keep up the good work Joe

Very useful, easy and clear . Highly recommended. The cost is good compared versus the valious content inside the book.

Excellent book for beginner to advance level.Language and references easy to understand.

I expected excericises like retrieving data fromResponse nodes in an array and filtering that data to find the best possible outcome.to learn from them, but it has limited set of examples or excercises

Is good for the first time user, this book will be helpful only for basics and startup purpose.