RobotFramework Tutorial

This tutorial aims at helping people who are interested in test automation to clearly understand and become familiar with RobotFramework tools. It is organized into 15 parts :

1. Writing Your First Test


2. Folder Structure


3. MAC Installation


4. Conditional Testing (If - Else)


5. Variables


6. User Defined 'Keywords'


7. Shadow DOM


8. Iframes (Simple and Nested)


9. For Loop


10. Dropdown, Checkbox and Radio Button


11. Keyboards and Mouse Actions


12. Switch Browser Windows


13. JS - Alert, Confirm, Prompt


14. Upload and Download


15. API Testing


16. Tags


17. Database Testing


18. Page Object Model

• The framework was initially developed at Nokia Networks and was open-sourced in 2008.


• Robot Framework is open and extensible and can be integrated with virtually any other tool to create powerful and flexible automation solutions.


• Robot Framework has easy syntax, utilizing human-readable keywords. Its capabilities can be extended by libraries implemented with Python or Java.


• The framework has a rich ecosystem around it, consisting of libraries and tools that are developed as separate projects.


• Robot Framework is operating system and application independent. The core framework is implemented using Python and also runs on Jython (JVM) and IronPython (.NET).


• Robot Framework itself is open-source software released under Apache License 2.0, and most of the libraries and tools in the ecosystem are also open source.