Functional Tests Automation with Robot Framework
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The document discusses Robot Framework, an open source test automation framework written in Python. It can be used to write functional, end-to-end, component, and unit tests. Robot Framework uses a keyword-driven, data-driven, or behavior-driven approach. It provides built-in keywords and libraries that allow tests to be written in a simple, lightweight manner and executed across multiple platforms and applications. Case studies are presented on large companies using Robot Framework to automate testing of their products. Both advantages and limitations of the framework are covered.
Functional Tests Automation with Robot Framework
- 1. Functional Tests Automation with Robot Framework Laurent Bristiel nov 2013
- 2. Target audience testers over developers products over projects application/web over mobile Agile over traditional
- 3. What tests? End 2 End Component Tests Unit Tests Exploratory Tests
- 5. When to automate? before development during development after development
- 6. What tool?
- 7. Robot Framework Generic framework for tests automation Open Source - Apache 2.0 licence Sponsored by Nokia Siemens Networks Written in Python Current version 2.8.1 (june 2013) Several approach of tests
- 8. Architecture a test case is a file a test case is a suite of keywords with arguments Keywords are builtin, written in Python or in Java Robot execute the keywords until it reaches an exception If exception, test case is failed, otherwise it is passed command line results and html report log file
- 10. Keyword-driven
- 11. data-driven
- 14. LIVE CODING checking through REST API
- 15. LIVE CODING checking through web UI
- 16. Feedback Moody’s : 800 tests on 5 products Finance, C++, SQL, Windows Robot used by technical and functional QA XLS spreadsheets used as tests config ForgeRock : 400 tests on 3 products Identity, Java, BD, JSON, REST, Linux, Mac, backbone.js Heteregeous tests on multi-plateforms (OS, BD, Java...) Performance optimization with multi-levels setup/teardown
- 17. Good points lightweight, simple, fast easy to read tests can be used by non-technical QA unique entry point for heterogeneous tests many Python libraries available
- 18. Limitations Robot DSL can seem restricted Custom IDE (RIDE) not working well on Mac Tests are so easy to write they can be dirty code ! Might be too optimistic to expect products and dev teams to write or maintain tests QA might end up isolated on their own framework
- 19. Bonus Jenkins Plugin Maven Plugin IDE Plugin (Eclipse,Vim, Textmate) Active mailing list
- 20. Functional Tests Automation with Robot Framework Thanks Questions? laurent.bristiel.com http:/ /robotframework.org [email protected]