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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)

Chapter 2. Configuring a Test Project

In this chapter, exclusive focus is on the structure and files contained in test. The topic has already been touched upon briefly in the first chapter, but a closer look at them would help set the background for further exploration as tests are the most important feature of the Robot Framework. The following major topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Creating a Robot Framework test file and a testsuite.

  • Understanding differences in syntax across different file formats used in configuration. Gaining knowledge about the different configuration files.

  • Understanding and utilizing setup and teardown operations

  • Increasing automation through test re-use

We will start by explaining, what a test is and how it can be defined. Different type of tests and common naming conventions along with examples will be explained thereafter. Test file structure and their supported formats will be understood by the end of the chapter.

The Robot Framework makes it very easy to change...