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Tool Feature

VSTS Coded UI

QTP 10.0

1

Coding
Languages supported

VB.Net, C#

Only VBS is
officially supported

2

Object
Identification Technique

Coded UI
used MSAA and UIA technologies to identify the object

QTP 10.0
uses coded injection approach

3

Add ins for
supported environments

Addition Add
ins are not required to support the environment under test

Licences Add
ins are required to support the environment under test

4

Integrated
Development Environment

Excellent
Integrated Development Environment where application life cycle management can
be implemented

Stable
Integrated Development Environment where only the automation testing can be
carried out

5

Object
Repository

Complex
UIMap.

Object
Repository is fairly simple to manage. The UI is provided to manage object
repository

Modification of large UIMap takes a
lot additional effort

6

Object Spy

Coded UI
builder has a utility to spy the objects. But the objects are spied with limited
set of properties those are supported by MSAA and UIA technology

In built Spy
utility displays Test object as well as run time properties.

7

Checkpoints

Assert
methods are available but it provides access to limited set of properties

Rich set of
checkpoints including Bitmap, XML , Standard are available for verifications

8

Recovery
scenario

Recovery has to handle through
coding

Recovery
Scenario manager provides simple way to recover out of unexpected application
behaviour

9

Source
Controlling

Excellent
Source controlling features are available

Limited set
of Source controlling is available when connected with Quality Centre

10

Connection
with Test Management tool

Can be
connected with TFS

Can be
connected with QC

11

Active
screen

AUT 
screen is not captured automatically

If active
screens are captured then functionalities like checkpoints can be implemented

12

Output value

Can be
achieved through code

Exclusive
output value feature is available to capture the values from application

13

Step
Generator

Step
Generator not available

Using this
feature, steps can be generated in QTP.

14

Function
Generator

Method
Generator is available

Using this
feature, functions can be generated in QTP.

15

Record and
Run

Basic Record
and Run is available

Basic Record
and Run is available

16

Shared
object repository

UIMap can be
shared across tests

Object
Repository can be shared across tests

17

Record
actions only desired application

 No such
setting is available

Done in
Record and Run Settings

18

Customization of properties needed for object identification

No such
setting is available.

 Done in
Object Identification Settings

It can be achieved by writing a
extension

19

Virtual
Object Concept

 No such
feature is available

 Virtual
objects can be created using Virtual Object Manager

20

Save test
with Resources

Resources
can be saved with the Coded UI test

Only
resources like library files can be saved with the Coded UI test

21

Analog
Recording

No such
recoding mode is available

 Analog
recording mode enables to
record the exact mouse and keyboard operations performed in relation to either
the screen or the application window.

22

Low Level
Recording

No such
recoding mode is available

Low Level
recording mode enables to record on any object in application, whether or not
QTP recognizes the specific object or the specific operation

23

Intellisense

 Excellent
Intellisense

 Intellisense is good but not as good as Coded UI

24

Code
Analysis

Coded
Analysis can detect possible flaws in the code

No such
feature available in QTP

25

Generate Architectural Diagram of
the code

 It is
possible to generate Architectural Diagram of the code.

No such
feature available in QTP

26

Generate
code coverage report

 It is
possible to generate code coverage report

No such
feature available in QTP

27

Calculation
of Code Metrics

Code is
calculated against parameters like Maintainability, Complexity etc

No such
feature available in QTP

28

Map the test
against the Requirement, Manual test case

 Possible to
map the test against the Requirement, Manual test case

No such
feature available in QTP

29

List of
impacted test when the code is changed

List of
impacted test case can be generated when the  code change occur

No such
feature available in QTP

30

Smart
Identification

VSTS has
inbuilt mechanism to identify the objects even if there is small change in the
object properties

Smart
Identification can be used to identify the objects 

31

Support for
unsupported platforms Extension

VSTS has
open architecture so that the Extension can be written to support the
environment under test

No such
feature available in QTP

32

Built in
Configuration file

Configuration files can be used to store the global data

Only
Environment variables, output parameters can be used to share data across the
test

33

package used
for performance testing, web testing

Coded UI
test be used for performance, web, load testing

No such
feature available in QTP

34

Help Library

MSDN library
is available

In built
Help library is available