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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 4. Extending the Framework

This chapter is a bit different from all the previous chapters because it focuses on external libraries that provide interaction between the Robot Framework and the other software over which Robot Framework runs. This is important as the integration with other leading software is the cornerstone of this framework. Therefore, we need to be aware of the various libraries that are present as well as know how to create a custom library for the framework if there is not any.

Until now, all the examples have only used the log function present in the built-in library as this was the easiest way to demonstrate output on running the framework. While this was easy to understand, it didn't explain how acceptance testing is supposed to work in real world scenarios.

In this chapter, various third-party libraries are covered, which extend the Robot Framework in myriad ways. Briefly put, the following would be covered in this chapter:

  • Web application testing through Selenium...