US readers: Order your copy of And I Thought I Knew QTP From Lulu.
I thought I knew QTP is the only book available that is aimed to explain concepts and theories behind automation using QuickTest Professional. Its quite common to the QTP community to choose an approach provided an issue arises. However, when asked why we choose one particular approach over the other or why an approach works well in a given scenario and fails in another, there are no answers available or poorly drafted ones. This book uncovers the ‘why’ by providing ample examples and scenarios.
And I Thought I Knew QTP can be described as a journey of an individual who goes through a series of questions that make him wonder if his QTP skills are as good as he thought they were. The questions are the ones we face on an every day basis to questions we have always wanted to seek answers for. The information made available through this book is written by the world renowned QTP expert, Tarun Lalwani. This book is written with only one vision in mind – there should be a formal source that aims to get rid of all misinformation that we see on an every day basis when searching answers to questions involving QTP.
Because this book is written in the form of a novel with a simple storyline it is very easy to follow through. So, instead of being a completely technical read, this book can be said to be a “technical novel” – it includes technical concepts by not being boring :)
Preview
The preview of the book is now available here.
Preorder
Go ahead and pre-order this book to make sure you have it before the official launch. Order HERE.
Giveaway (Winners now announced)
I will be giving out 1 copy of And I Thought I Knew QTP to one VERY lucky person! :) All you have do to participate is post a comment in the comments section letting us know that you’re interested. That’s all! After a random vote, the winnerS will be declared. Update: 2 more lucky winners (total of 3) will be announced, compliments of Tarun.
Winners
Link to the recorded video: http://www.screenr.com/embed/cXls. Anish Pillai, Priyanka & Suni: congratulations! :)
Links
Links that you will find helpful to order the book, find information and see the previews. I will be updating this section as more links become available.
- US readers: Order your copy of And I Thought I Knew QTP From Lulu
- KnowledgeInbox page
- Facebook page
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Well being the first poster for your review I will double the offer. 2 more books from KnowledgeInbox will be gifted Anshoo for the other 2 randomly chosen lucky people. So 1 + 2 = 3 giveaway copies for now.
I like the concept of “Technical Novel”. I hope this would have more ingredients added to QTP unplugged.
I have a copy of QTP unplugged and its a must read. I guess “And I thought I knew QTP” is something that Tarun experienced with time and sharing his thoughts with us.
Ashutosh: I have added a Q&A section in this post to help answer all questions related to this book. I really liked your inputs so I have included it in the post itself. Thank you!
@Ashutosh, well this title is what complements QTP Unplugged as such. Both are a must read as such.
But with this one i have tried to change the way things are written. I am just waiting for the preview to get ready and soon I will share the preview PDF. It may not give much on terms of what the book brings on to the plate. But it is a very unique kind of Idea which I feel should be appreciated by the readers. Fingers crossed :)
All the very best Tarun. It isn’t an easy task to come up with two books while working on a full-time job.
Thanks Anshoo. Appreciate the efforts.
Hi Anshoo,
I read QTP unplugged by Tarun also, that was also a very nice book . Looking forward to read this one too.
Hi….
Congrats for the launch of the book…I was waiting for this…
Sandhya
I really want to congratulate Test Automation communitiy for getting a series of books from Traun. I am ordering the book right away.
But what about the 2nd edition of Unplugged(i have the first edition)? Should we have to order the whole book?
@Hari, If you have first edition you don’t need to buy the 2nd Edition. I will be creating a eBook version of the updated chapters and it would be made available FREE of cost to everyone
Thanks Tarun…
Already ordered your new book
I am having first edition of QTP unplugged ….i really appreciate your effort and thanks a ton..for sharing new chapters from the 2nd edition for free :):):)..waiting for the both.
sandhya
Congratulations Tarun and Anshoo for your upcoming release.
I am sure it would be a hit amongst all QTP professional. Would love to get a signed copy :)
Awesome!All the very Best and Keep them coming..
Congrats for the launch of the book…All the Very Best :)
Pavani
Ask And Ye Shall Receive?
Congratulations to Tarun and Anshoo for bringing out this technical novel.
This is going to be a best seller like the Unplugged.
HI Tarun,
Its my pleasure to read the Book “QTP unplugged” I loved this book; The contains of this Book written in such a way that any person who just knew the name QTP and after reading this book I am sure he will say that Yes I am able to work with QTP with confidence.
In My case after reading this book I liked this book so much, In fact I have gifted this book to my friends who are just newly started with QTP and I got the feedback from them Sir what’s next.. I don’t have answer for this question that time but yes now I have…..”And I thought I knew QTP”
Thanks Tarun for such a wonderful Book. The same we will expect from “And I thought I knew QTP”……Best wishes for your work
Very excited about the release of “And I thought I knew QTP”! QTP Unplugged helped me solve so many problems with our custom hybrid framework.
congratulations to the two of you! when is the book going to be available to buy?
how can we buy this book in US?
congratulations, btw!
@everyone: I had a small request. Please include your email address so we can contact you when the winners are announced to ship the book. Without an email address, it may not be possible for us to contact you if you become one of the lucky winner! :)
When will be the lucky winner declared.
Wow. Thanks Tarun ! Good to hear that second edition would be free.
Well my email is [email protected for privacy]
*Note by Anshoo: Only the additional (new) chapters will be available freely.
Ashutosh: Only the updated 2 chapters of the 2nd edition of QuickTest Professional Unplugged will be available free of charge. The rest of the book is what you already have, and will still be available for purchase as before.
Hi Tarun and Anshoo,
You both Guys are really done Excellent job all time.
You both having TRUE SPIRIT of AUTOMATION always.
Thanks to both of you always for giving us the TRUE VISION and RIGHT TRACK to follow in AUTOMATION field.
My BLESSINGS are always with you my dear friends.
Congrats…looking forward to it.
Many congrats Tarun. I am interested in getting the new edition.
Thanks,
Prem.
Awesome ….Looking forwards to this book!
Awesome ….Looking forwards to this book !
Congratulations! It sud be a “Bestseller” :)
Thanks for providing another good book to the QTP community.
QTP unplugged book has enabled me in understanding various topics in qtp that which were either not clear on not known to me at all, this book has taken my automation skills to next level in terms of scripting and seeing a problem as well.
Thanks Tharun for putting all your understanding, experience into that superb book and helping us getting more mature.
And I’m sure “And I Thought I Knew QTP” is going to be an even better one, looking forward to it.
Need some inputs how to order the book in India as i tried with pay pal but it is asking to deposit money in some a/c and all..and pay pal already charged 40 bugs without placing the order now ………
Is it possible if you can share the names of the book stores where the book will be available in hyderabad so that I can track it.Please mention the dates also… thks in advance
Hi…all d best with the book!
Hi Anshoo & Tarun,
Thank you so much for your wonderful contribution for our QTP Community, you people are helping us a lot, in solving day to day problems which we face in our projects. I am really looking forward to buy this book.
Tarun, Could you please let us know, is the book available to order for the people in USA?
Regards,
vamsi
Hi Anshoo,
Great work. I already bought your book QTP unplugged and this seems a very interesting one too… Hope I get this copy in give away :)
Regards
Nishar
[email hidden for privacy]
Order your copy of QTP Unplugged 2nd Edition in US, UK & Rest of the world @ below link (10% discount)
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/quicktest-professional-unplugged/17436745
For more discount coupons please use below
http://www.retailmenot.com/view/lulu.com
I have been a regular user of qaforums.com and that is where have interacted through posts with Tarun. I have to salute him for his commendable efforts for being so passionate about QA automation and for QTP tool. It is his dedication & so called passion that within a short time period (since 2004) has made a name for himself. People create sites/apps but its a 1st that someone within IT came up with a thought of having a book on QTP. Haven’t read 1st book, but this book I am looking forward to as it sounds something different. As myself worked on QTP extensively for about 4 years, it will be interesting to find answer to question “I thought I new QTP”.
BTW can email id be hidden.
Yes, your email ID when entered in the “email” field is always hidden to everyone except the admins of websites.
As promised the QTP Unplugged 2nd Edition eBook is now available FREE for download at below link
http://knowledgeinbox.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=6
I am able to download Thanks a ton…………………..:) Tarun
Thank you everyone for your comments and incredible support. What any contributor here does is made possible only because there is such fantastic support from everyone.
Congratulations, and thank you for your hard work.
I am not able to download the Free QTP Unplugged 2nd Edition eBook. I can not see the link to it once I clicked on :
http://knowledgeinbox.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=6
Hi,
I have been waiting for the second book since long time and i was the first person to guess regarding the Contest I thought i knew QTP concept and was very happy to know that my guess was correct though i am not the winner .Team work of two greatest contributers to the community will definitely be a great success and Happy for both of You
Thanks and Regards
Suni
All the best Tarun for your new book. And thanks Anshoo & Tarun for this share. I have linked this article in my blog so that many more people can try their luck for the free copy of the book.
Thanks to both of you once again :) :)
Thanks Anish, can you post the link to you blog as well here?
Here goes the link Tarun.
http://www.automationrepository.com/2011/10/and-i-thought-i-knew-qtp/
Anish: Thanks! I saw your blog, really like what you’re doing there. Kudos.
All,
Preview of the book is now available at the below link
http://knowledgeinbox.com/demos/AndIThoughtIKnewQTP_Preview.pdf
Regards,
Tarun
I have been a regular user of qaforums.com and that is where have interacted through posts with Tarun. I have to salute him for his commendable efforts for being so passionate about QA automation and for QTP tool. It is his dedication & so called passion that within a short time period (since 2004) has made a name for himself. People create sites/apps but its a 1st that someone within IT came up with a thought of having a book on QTP. Haven’t read 1st book, but this book I am looking forward to as it sounds something different. As myself worked on QTP extensively for about 4 years, it will be interesting to find answer to question “I thought I new QTP”.
+1
Congratulations on the launch of a new book. Excited to kniw what’s in the technical novel. I am sure every QTP professional will identidy with the story. Will surely get a signed copy from you Tarun.
Looking forward to read the book. Keep up the great work.
Truly speaking QTP Unplugged Book is a Half Meal book. It’s not for Beginners, Intermediates or for Experts. It’s like showing the strength of Tarun. The key difference between Tarun’s ‘QTP Unplugged’ and ‘And I Thought I Knew QTP’ books is target audience. The Target People for this book is Beginners.
QTP Unplugged book doesn’t have any target audience. Lot of people are interested to buy the book only because of the brand name of Tarun. But he confused in what to keep and What not to keep in that book. This is happened only because of there is no target people in his mind except writing book on QTP.
What ever the praising he got from various people, that is just because of his knowledge. Now this book is a challenge for Tarun as it is targeting the Beginners. I hope he came down to the level of a beginner when understanding a concept which is written by him.
I am an Automation Lead and a QTP Trainer from Hyderabad. So that I came to know the feelings of various people and documented here.
Sorry If it hurts anybody And All the Best to Tarun & Team.
@Sudhakar, Thanks for your feedback! I do really appreciate it. The QTP Unplugged book was my first writing attempt and I do believe that it may not be perfect. But your observations are accepted as I never wanted to write one as for project implementation. Rather my aim was to write what can give people a direction to expand their horizons in QTP.
If I see from that perspective the book has actually met its goal that I had set when writing the same. But I do take this as a feedback. Hopefully Edition 3 of QTP unplugged will be totally re-designed to match expectations of a larger group.
QTP Unplugged was truly a book which laid foundations to my career as an automation engineer.
My hearty congratulations to Tarun. Looking forward for the 2nd edition.
Anshoo, Tarun,
How can I buy/preorder the combo as the country only available is India or US and Australia is not there?
Joe
@Joe, I believe you have the 1st edition already. So you need not buy the second edition. You can download the updates from knowledgeinbox.com/store
for the new book I would suggest you to wait as it should be available for online ordering soon
regards,
tarun
Hi Anshoo, I want to pre-order QTP unplugged 2nd edition + And I thought….. when trying to place an order on knowledgeinbox site, creating an account link is not working so not able to create a login/accnt. Plz suggest how to place order. Any helpline number is not mentioned on the site….. Plz help urgently as I have to place order before 15 oct. Plz tell after placing order today how much shipping charges I have to pay for Gurgoan, India & how much time it will take in getting the order.
Thanks
Priyanka
How to place order, sign-in link is not working.
Thanks a lot Anshoo for your encouraging words.. :) :)
Hi Anshoo, I am waiting to place order, can you plz resolve my issue.
Thanks
Priyanka
@Priyanka, please email us at ordersknowledgeinbox[dot]com
Priyanka: Did you get a chance to write to the email Tarun specified?
Everyone: The book is now available to order from Lulu. Linky: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/and-i-thought-i-knew-qtp—qtp-concepts-unplugged/17580430
3 lucky winners still get their free complimentary copy! :)
Please follow this section for more updates.
Hi
Great work Tarun and Anshoo.Both of you are contributing a lot for growing QTP community. All the best for the new book
Thanks,
Prasanna
Congrats for new book!!!
Hi,
Today I completed a requisition order for Quicktest Professional Unplugged, 2nd Edition for our company. My manager and director approved the request on the same day because I argued that the QTP manual and HP provided training can no longer give me the answer to problems/questions I encounter when I’m working with the tool during test script development. Hopefully, QTP Unplugged will fill this gap.
And now I had to learn about this new book from the same author. I hope I win a copy :)
I hope so too!! :)
Are there still plans to get it up on Amazon?
Ryan,
I am working with Amazon to get it up. But unfortunately there was some mess up with the cover color. It will take me 2-3 weeks to resolved the same and then another 1-2 weeks to get the book on Amazon.
But we are working on getting it to Amazon for sure. Till that time one can order on below link
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/and-i-thought-i-knew-qtp—qtp-concepts-unplugged/10689195
And you can get additional discounts from below coupon
http://www.retailmenot.com/view/lulu.com
Regards,
Tarun
Ryan: Tarun mentioned the following on another site “We are still working on for getting it on Amazon. The book would be released in India within few weeks. Will post the Book release pictures soon.”
Tarun, can you please verify the above for Ryan?
@Anshoo,
The book release photos are available on below link
http://www.facebook.com/pages/And-I-thought-I-knew-QTP/165462290204637
I am still working with Amazon it make another 3-4 weeks to resolve that
Regards,
Tarun
Many people have requested me to include some technical pages from the book in the Preview. So I have included 6 technical pages as well in the preview
http://knowledgeinbox.com/demos/AndIThoughtIKnewQTP_Preview.pdf
The QTP Unplugged 2nd Edition is now Available on Amazon
http://amzn.to/qIJx5S
Everyone, I will be posting the names of the winners in the next few minutes. I would also like to apologies with everyone for the delay.
Winners of the contest are:
Anish Pillai
Priyanka
Suni
Video here: http://www.screenr.com/cXls
Congrats Anish Pillai, Priyanka, Suni. I hope you will enjoy the gift :)
Hi Anshoo, Please confirm I am one of the winner of the contest.
If yes…… Thanks You so much.
Please let me know how will I receive my gift, as I hv nt shared my address…
Thank you so much Anshoo & Tarun… I am very excited to receive a complimentry copy of the book. I am eagerly waiting to be contacted by your team. Thank you so much….
The book is now available on Amazon.com as well
http://amzn.to/vXSdX5
Did any one got this book delivered as I see in amazon.com …they are promising to deliver on 2 Nov….?
Hi All,
I am one of the lucky winner of the contest.
Thank you so much…… I am very v. happy. This is the first time I am annouced as a winner among so many people, feeling v. lucky.. cann’t express my happiness in words…
Now I am waiting for the book ‘And I thought I knew QTP’ as my gift.
Can you please tell me how I am gng to receive my gift, as I have not contacted by your team till now….
Thank you once again.
Priyanka
Hi priyanka,Anish congratulations
me too one of the lucky winner ,am very happy and excited to get signed copy.
Thanks a lot
Regards
Sunitha
Hi Anshoo, would like to inform you that I have mailed my shipping address to you.. Plz confirm when I am going to receive signed copy of book, it has been shipped from your side or not…. Thanks. Priyanka
Yippi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have got my ‘And I thought I knew QTP’ TODAY…………..
In what a CREATIVE MANNER Tarun and Anshoo wrote this……..
(This book having NOVEL-FORMAT)
Hey Buddy, This book is more popular among QTP Community as compare to CHETAN BHAGAT’S- revolution 2020……..
Shashank: thank you for your compliments. I hope you enjoy it :)
Hi,
I got my book … And I thought I knew QTP!…
I must say it looks amazing and I am loving it.
Thanks for all your efforts.
Regards,
Sandhya
Thank you Sandhya. Hope you enjoy it :)
Anish, Suni & Priyanka: I received the copies today. I will be shipping them out tomorrow or Monday. You should have them soon :)
Congrats again!
Hi Anshoo,
Just want to know, have you shipped copies?????
Priyanka: I haven’t :( but I have been trying to do it this entire week but have been extremely swamped. I can assure you that you are going to receive it very soon!
Hello Anshoo,
Have you shipped copies from your side. I am waiting…
If not, when you will ship..
Thanks
Priyanka
Winners: please check your emails.
Hi Anshoo & Tarun,
I got my copy of the book just now.. :) :) I read a couple of pages and it very interesting…
Super excited to go through it.. :)
Thanks Anshoo & Tarun.. :) :)
Tarun/Anshoo,
I have received my copy of “And I thought I knew QTP”. Started reading the book. it’s quiet interesting. I am sure this book will become more popular and wishing the same wholeheartedly . Finally, You guys did great job.
Thank you,
seetharamarao
I am very egar to know that how much i know about qtp. I think once i get this book definitely i will find out.
Name of this book “And I Thought I Knew QTP” very intresting.
I am targeting 21st of October. :)
Hi…
What was the result of lucky draw you didnt share the names of the winners.
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