Robot Framework Test Automation

Written in an engaging, easy-to-follow style, this practical guide will teach you to create test suites and automated acceptance Tests with the Robot Framework. If you are an automation engineer, QA engineer, developer or tester who is looking to get started with Robot Framework, as well as find a standardized testing solution, this book is ideal for you. No prior knowledge of Robot Framework or acceptance testing is required, although a basic knowledge of Python is required for few sections of the book.

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with the Robot Framework; Need for acceptance testing; Pinpoint application failure; Reducing the error rate; Providing the automation and reuse; Creating the a test audit trail; What is the Robot Framework?; The Robot Framework ecosystem; Installing and setting up the Robot Framework; Source installation; One-click graphical installer; Java environment installation; The Python package installation; Support for different runtimes; Command details.

A small exerciseSummary; Chapter 2: Configuring a test project; Test naming conventions; Creating execution order; Test randomization; Test file structure; HTML format; TSV format; Plaintext format; Pipe separated formatting; Restructured text format; Test configuration files; Suite initialization files; External variable files; Structure; Python/Java files containing variables; Resource files; Structure; Test setup and teardown; Summary; Chapter 3: Further Test Customization; Automation and agile; Internal re-use; Loops and flow control; Flow control; Breaking off without finishing.

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