QTP是一个自动化的功能测试工具,老东家是Mercury Interactive,这家公司在1989年成立于加州,在世界各地拥有办公室,在以色列拥有研发中心。在2006年Mercury Interactive被Hewlett Packard收购,Hewlett Packard也就是我们熟悉的HP公司。当时,HP以45亿美金的价格收购Mercury Interactive公司,这是惠普公司自2002年以190亿美元并购康柏公司以来金额最高的一宗并购案,显示了HP欲在软件管理方面大展拳脚的决心。现在的QTP在HP隶属于HP软件部门。
随着QTP的不断发展,现在QTP已经可以支持对下列多种技术的支持,很多在我们安装add-ins和启用add-ins的时候可以看到。
- Web
- Java (Core and Advanced)
- .Net
- WPF
- SAP
- Oracle
- Siebel
- PeopleSoft
- Delphi
- Power Builder
- Stingray 1
- Terminal Emulator
- Flex
- Web Services
- Windows Mobile
- VisualAge Smalltalk
- Silverlight
- Mainframe terminal emulators
QTP各重要版本发布时间可以参考下面的数据:
- 11.56 – released in July 2013
- 11.52-Released in jun,2013
- 11.5 – Released in 2012 [Renamed as Unified Functional Testing]
- 11.0 – Released in 2010
- 10.0 – Released in 2009
- 9.5 – Released in 2008
- 9.2 – Released in 2007
- 9.1 – Released in 2007
- 9.0 – Released in 2006
- 8.2 – Released in 2005
- 8.0 – Released in 2004
- 7.0 – Never released.
- 6.5 – Released in 2003
- 6.0 – Released in 2002
- 5.5 – First release. Released in 2001