Robot Framework Test Automation: Level 1 (Selenium)

Learn how to automate your testing using the Robot Framework test automation tool.

Introduction

• About the instructor
• Overview
• Demo
• What is a test automation framework?
• Origin and history
• Features and capabilities
• Robot Framework vs. Selenium

1. Installation Overview and Preconditions

• Installation overview
• Command line and path basics

2. Windows 10 Installation

• Install Python and PIP
• Install Robot Framework and SeleniumLibrary
• Install desired browsers
• Install WebDrivers
• Install PyCharm IDE and Robot plugin
• Create base scripts directory and project
• Navigating and searching your script files

3. Creating Your First Script

• Overview
• Organizing your project files
• Sections of the script file
• Selenium2Library vs. SeleniumLibrary
• Write test steps: Part 1
• Run the script on different browsers
• Examine the great results files
• Write test steps: Part 2
• Write test steps: Part 3
• Summary

4. Script Running Options

• Overview
• Robot vs. pybot
• Running from PyCharm
• Running from a command window
• Running from a batch file
• Running from the Task Scheduler
• Running on SauceLabs.com browsers
• Running and scheduling from Jenkins
• Running multiple suites
• Running a single test case
• Advanced run options

5. Make the Script More Readable

• Overview
• Preview of the final solution
• Style: Procedural vs. Gherkin
• Introducing user-defined keywords
• Break the script into keywords
• Moving keywords to resource files
• Adding setup and tear down
• Overview of page objects
• Demo: Create a page object
• Increase readability using Gherkin

6. Use Variables to Centralize Data

• Overview
• Preview of the final solution
• Scalar variables
• List variables
• Variable scope
• Passing variables to keywords
• Modify your project with variables
• Supply script input data at runtime

7. Semantic Sugar

• Overview
• Refactoring page object locators
• Adding quotes for clarity

8. Recap and Apply Skills

• Skills recap
• Apply skills: Part 1
• Apply skills: Part 2
• Apply skills: Part 3

9. Challenge: Create a Test Suite from Start to Finish

• Overview
• Part 1: You do it
• Part 1: I do it
• Part 2: You do it
• Part 2: I do it
• Part 3: You do it
• Part 3: I do it

10. Exploring the Robot Framework Libraries

• Overview
• BuiltIn: Log, verifications, repeat
• Dialogs: Pause for manual steps and data entry
• Operating system: Folders and files
• Database: MS SQL and MySQL
• API
• XML
• SeleniumLibrary
• String

Conclusion

• Next steps