Robot framework test automation / Sumit Bisht.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bisht, Sumit.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robot Framework (Computer file).

Computer software--Verification.

Computer software.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (98 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Bisht Sumit: Sumit Bisht currently works as a Senior Software Engineer at a software service outsourcing firm. He has experience in both project and product-based companies and has done Masters in Computer Applications in addition to self-taught learning as part of his learning process towards making computers work. He has keen interests in leveraging various open source technologies for developing better software, considers himself a polyglot programmer and has experience working with different programming. While not working, he devotes his time in learning new researches and technologies, reviewing technical books on a wide variety of topics, sharing interesting information, and evangelizing open source philosophy through his blog, sumitbisht. blogspot. in.

Summary:

Create test suites and automated acceptance tests from scratch Create a Robot Framework test file and a test suite Identify and differentiate between different test case writing styles Full of easy- to- follow steps, to get you started with Robot Framework In Detail Testing has traditionally been a part of software development, and has always involved a lot of manual effort. It can be automated with Robot Framework, which offers numerous benefits from cost saving to increased quality assurance in the software delivery. This book will help you to start designing test suites and Automated Acceptance Tests. Helping you to get started with automating acceptance tests, this book will provide a detailed overview of acceptance test management practices and principles. You will also be introduced to advanced techniques that you can use to customize the test suite, along with helpful tips and tricks to extend and leverage it in a wide variety of scenarios. Starting with a detailed explanation of the need for automated acceptance test driven development, this guide will help you with an empty test project creation and execution for proof of concept, and validation of installation. This book will also cover the Robot Framework in detail, and will help you test desktop applications using Java Swing. You will gain an in-depth knowledge of tricky activities, such as setting up a test environment and using it with Selenium. You will also learn about other popular libraries, and how to test network protocols, web services, and databases. This book will cover the entire Robot Framework with real- world practical material to make its content informative and interesting. By the end of this book you will be able to write acceptance tests for desktop and web applications, as well as know how to extend acceptance testing in other scenarios that are commonly devoid of tests, and present the results appropriately.

Contents:

Intro

Robot Framework Test Automation

Table of Contents

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Getting Started with the Robot Framework

The need for acceptance testing

Pinpoint application failure

Reducing the error rate

Providing automation and re-use

Creating the a test audit trail

What is the Robot Framework?

The Robot Framework ecosystem

Installing and setting up the Robot Framework

Source installation

One-click graphical installer

Java environment installation

The Python package installation

Support for different runtimes

Command details

A small exercise

Summary

2. Configuring a Test Project

Test naming conventions

Creating an execution order

Test randomization

Test file structure

HTML format

TSV format

Plaintext format

Pipe-separated format

Restructured text format

Test configuration files

Suite initialization files

External variable files

Structure

Python/Java files containing variables

Resource files

Test setup and teardown

3. Further Test Customization

Automation and agile

Internal re-use

Loops and flow control

Flow control

Breaking off without finishing

Feeding external data

Performing a set of tasks repeatedly within a test

Application in test automation

Higher order re-use

User keywords

Test templates

User libraries

Approaches towards writing tests

Keyboard-driven tests.

Data-driven tests

Behavior-driven tests

Behavior-driven development

BDD using the Robot Framework

Standard libraries

Collections

Dialogs

Operating System

Process

Screenshot

String

Telnet

XML

Remote test execution

4. Extending the Framework

Testing the web applications

Selenium

The Robot Framework Selenium library

Running web-based tests

Using the Selenium2Library

Debugging through the REPL shell

Testing desktop applications

Testing through objects - Java Swing

A Swing test

Testing through images

Sikuli

Creating a custom Sikuli library

Other noteworthy libraries

Testing network protocols

Testing the web services

Testing the database

5. Generating Reports

The need for reports

Quick-test run assessment

Result comparison

Individual result detailing

Intelligent assessment

Generated files

Output structure

Heading

Summary information

Test statistics

Test details

Test execution log

Test coloring information

Separating files

Making changes in outputs

Customizing the report title

Background color customization

Changing how much is logged

Changing the report format

Creating derived reports

Recreating reports

Viewing differences

Further result usage

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 23, 2013).

ISBN:

9781783283040

1783283041

OCLC:

862362717