Robot Framework is a keyword-driven test automation framework for acceptance testing and acceptance test-driven development (ATDD). It has a simple tabular test data syntax that allows tests to be maintained without programming skills. Robot Framework supports different test styles including keyword-driven, data-driven, and behavior-driven. It is open source and can be extended through test libraries implemented using Python, Jython, IronPython, or any other language.

1. Robot Framework
An Introduction

2. Agenda
1. basic concepts in Robot Framework
2. demo
3. pros and cons

3. facts
● keyword-driven test framework
● built on Python
○ runs on Jython and IronPython as well
● open source
○ released under apache 2.0 license

4. framework architecture
Test Cases
RF
Test Library
SUT
parsing test data syntax
interaction with SUT
calling functions

5. Simple tabular syntax

6. it can be in HTML

7. also in TSV and plain text
● tip: text-based test case works better with
version-control system

8. Test Libraries
How RF translate test cases into actions

9. Test Libraries
How RF translate test cases into actions

10. Test Libraries
It can be written in Python
But you can use Jython or IronPython to be
able to use Java or .Net APIs

11. Remote Libraries
libraries can be written in any languages
communicate with RF using XML-RPC
you can have a "master" computer execute the
tests by calling remote libraries running on
other computers
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12. Basic Element - Keywords
You can define keywords in library...

13. Basic Element - Keywords
...or test cases

14. Different Test Style
Keyword-driven

15. Different Test Style
Data-driven

16. Different Test Style
Behavior-driven

17. Test Execution
tag support
nice test result in HTML

18. Test Execution
nice test result in HTML
file:///C:/dev/rf/report.html

19. Crash course at
http://robotframework.googlecode.
com/hg/doc/quickstart/quickstart.html
and it is also a test case
(now run a demo on it to show the awesomeness)

20. To sum up
Pro
it's very simple to be integrated into CI system
flexible test execution system
you can extend the test system easily
Con
relatively small community compares to
Fitnesse

21. Tack!