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Robot Framework Test Automation

By : Sumit Bisht
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Robot Framework Test Automation

By: Sumit Bisht

Overview of this book

Testing has traditionally been a part of software development, and has always involved a lot of manual effort. It can be automated with Robot Framework, which offers numerous benefits from cost saving to increased quality assurance in the software delivery. This book will help you to start designing test suites and Automated Acceptance Tests. Helping you to get started with automating acceptance tests, this book will provide a detailed overview of acceptance test management practices and principles. You will also be introduced to advanced techniques that you can use to customize the test suite, along with helpful tips and tricks to extend and leverage it in a wide variety of scenarios. Starting with a detailed explanation of the need for automated acceptance test driven development, this guide will help you with an empty test project creation and execution for proof of concept, and validation of installation. This book will also cover the Robot Framework in detail, and will help you test desktop applications using Java Swing. You will gain an in-depth knowledge of tricky activities, such as setting up a test environment and using it with Selenium. You will also learn about other popular libraries, and how to test network protocols, web services, and databases. This book will cover the entire Robot Framework with real- world practical material to make its content informative and interesting. By the end of this book you will be able to write acceptance tests for desktop and web applications, as well as know how to extend acceptance testing in other scenarios that are commonly devoid of tests, and present the results appropriately.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

The Robot Framework ecosystem


The following diagram presents a conceptual, high-level overview of the framework, and offers an insight into various components involved:

This can be explained broadly as follows:

  • Tests & Test Data: This is the configuration of the tests, the closest to what most testers of the framework will be. It comprises test and data files and folders as well as the contents of those which dictate the test execution.

  • Test Results: These are the end products of the tests, which are used to determine the results of tests as well as logs that can be used to assess various portions of the test.

  • Robot Framework: This is the core framework that performs the actual heavy lifting to get things done.

  • Test tool driver: This provides communication between the framework and the actual tools in place. It can be custom-tailored to meet specific requirements by the testing tool in place.

  • Testing Tool: This is the actual software that is used to perform acceptance testing.

  • End Application (System under test): This is the actual software that is to be tested for usability for its acceptance by the client or the end user.