Robot Framework is an open-source automation testing framework that supports keyword-driven testing and has seamless integration with SeleniumLibrary for web automation. It's widely used for acceptance testing, acceptance test-driven development (ATDD), and robotic process automation (RPA).

📚 Key Concepts

  • Keyword-Driven Testing: Reusable test steps organized in keywords
  • Test Case Structure:
    *** Test Cases ***
    Example Test
        Open Browser    https://example.com    Chrome
        Input Text      id=username    testuser
        Click Element   id=submit
    
  • SeleniumLibrary Integration: Enables web automation with locators like id, xpath, or css

🛠 Installation Guide

  1. Install Python (3.7+)
  2. Use pip to install Robot Framework:
    pip install robotframework
    
  3. Install SeleniumLibrary:
    pip install robotframework-seleniumlibrary
    

📌 Example Code

*** Settings ***
Library           SeleniumLibrary

*** Test Cases ***
Test Google Search
    Open Browser    https://www.google.com    Chrome
    Input Text      name=q    Robot Framework
    Click Element   name=btnK
    Wait Until Page Contains    Robot Framework Basics
    Close Browser
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🌐 Expand Your Knowledge

For advanced topics like test data management or parallel execution, check out our Robot Framework Installation Tutorial.

Let me know if you'd like to explore specific features like test tags or built-in libraries! 😊