Testing Automation - learn robot framework in 5 minutes
We will learn how to install robot framework and get started with the real example.
What you will learn
- What is Robot Framework
- Why Robot Framework
- Robot Framework Architecture
- Who is using Robot Framework in real world
- Install Robot Framework
- Example Test Case
Robot Framework is open source automation framework to reduce the human effort by automating the repeated task.
Why Robot Framework
Robot framework has super easy syntax that can be written like human readable English language, very powerful and flexible solutions are automated with the less efforts.
It's built on top of Python and has very extendable support to create own library to meet our requirements.
Robot Framework Architecture
Who is using Robot Framework in real world
Top leading enterprise companies use Robot Framework for testing automation and Robotic Process Automation.
Install Robot Framework
We need python and pip to be install before we start.
- Python Installation - https://www.python.org/downloads/
- PIP installation - https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/
Run on terminal
pip install robotframework
pip install robotframework-seleniumlibrary
pip install chromedriver_installer
Verify the Robot framework installation
robot --version
Output
Example
Robot Framework support .robot files extension only, let's create our first test case file.
Run the code
robot robot-example.robot
Output
Test Report
Conclusion
We have learned about how to setup robot framework and run our first program, In upcoming articles we will explore in detail with the real world examples.
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