> pybot.py –i Robot .An introduction to robotframework (test automation framework)

Wednesday August 31, 2011

Presented by Vivek Parashar

Beer …

What’s the most expensive beer ever made?

Recipe discovered by a team of archaeologists.

Tutankhamun Ale

• First bottle worth $7,686 dollars• Typically $76 per bottle• Auction fetched $500+ per bottle

… and Learn !

What country has most individual beer brands?

Produces about 220,000 tonnes of chocolate /yr

Belgium

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What are we not going to do ?

• Not discussing that animated Robots movie

• Not talking in a Robotic voice

• Not doing a Robot dance

What are we doing here ?

> Get more knowledge on a generic software automation framework, Robot Framework

> Become aware of the problem we want to solve

> Get to a good starting point with ‘Robot’ so we can begin solving the problem

What’s in the box ?• Free• Multiple Browsers• Keyword and Data driven• Command line interface• RIDE• Tabular Syntax• Variables and intelligence• Templates• Resource sharing• DB integration• Tagging• Reports in HTML• Library API• Support to extend• Debugging• Active community

Features and Support

• Command line interface (CLI)> pybot.py –A args.txt –i sanity –s aa –v ENV:ft6 .

• RIDERobot framework Integrated Development Environment

Features

• Keyword Driven, Data Driven and BDD

• Tabular Syntax

Features

• Templates

• Resource Sharing

• Tagging

• Database Integration

Features

• Reports in HTML

Features

• Debugging

More Goodness

• Active Community• Support to extend

• Library API

- Documentation

- User Forums

- Blogs

- Articles

- XML Output and CI

Show me …

Stop talking already!

Let me see some ACTION!!!

I think, therefore I am.

Thoughts on writing Libraries

Resources

Points Wikihttps://mwiki.points.com/wiki/RobotFramework

Pythonhttp://www.python.org/getit/

Robot Framework Homepagehttp://code.google.com/p/robotframework/

Selenium Library http://robotframework-seleniumlibrary.googlecode.com/hg/doc/SeleniumLibrary.html

Reference and Documentationhttp://code.google.com/p/robotframework/wiki/UserGuide

Communityhttp://groups.google.com/group/robotframework-usershttp://groups.google.com/group/robotframework-announcehttp://groups.google.com/group/robotframework-devel