ROBOTFRAMEWORK WITH ECLIPSE FOR BEGINNER

Agenda

• Introduction to RobotFramework
• Why RobotFramework
• Infrastructure setup for Windows machine
• Integration with Eclipse
• Get started with the First script

Introduction to RobotFramework

• Robot Framework is an open source robotic process automation (RPA) a solution that is used to automate business processes.
• It is an open and extensible which means that it can be integrated with virtually any other tool to create powerful and flexible RPA solutions
• The extensibility of Robot Framework is enabled by its modular architecture that builds on top of extension libraries.
• The Robot Framework community develops and maintains these libraries that provide functionality such as optical image recognition, database access, HTTP APIs, iOS and Android application support, and remote execution.
• For more information on it check the official site http://robotframework.org/

Why RobotFramework

• Robot Framework has a modular architecture that can be extended with bundled and self-made test libraries
• When test execution is started, the framework first parses the test data. It then utilizes keywords provided by the test libraries to interact with the system under test
• Libraries can communicate with the system either directly or use other test tools as drivers

Infrastructure Setup for RobotFramework

For Windows Machine

• Install Java
• Install Python
• Set environment variables, add C:\Python27, C:\Python27\Scripts, & C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages to the Path variables. Note: when you install python it automatically installed inc:\Python27 folder and I kept this as it is.

• Install pip, use command: python -m pip install -U pip
• Pip is a package management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python.
• Install RobotFramework, by the command: pip install robotframework
• Install Selenium2Library, by the command: pip install robotframework-selenium2library or Install SeleniumLirary, by the command: pip install robotframework-seleniumlibrary

Eclipse Integration

• Open Eclipse, Goto Help >> Eclipse Marketplace
• Search for RED, you will get RED Editor for RobotFramework, Install this and restart the eclipse
• Create a Robotframework project : File>>New>> Others>> Robotframework>.Robot project
• Add the selenium2library/ Seleniumlibrary to the project path or required libraries to the path

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