Functional Automation Framework Robot Framework Functional Automation Framework

Why automation Who wouldn’t want to go to the promised land. But, this is what it can feel like when you start investigating how to start

Which tool should I use Many many more TestComplete Selenium UFT Java TestStudio Ruby EggPlant JavaScript Squish Python Ranorex C# Test Studio Node.js ReadyAPI Many many more

Requirements Budget Development background What’s Missing? Automation Theory

When do I automate? I can’t automate until there is working code I can’t automate until there is stable code

What is Robot Framework “Generic test automation framework for acceptance testing and ATDD” Technology libraries http://robotframework.org/ Keyword-driven Open-source Want to see it?

RF – Strengths/Weaknesses Short ramp-up period No built in distributed execution (supports build- your-own) Supported technologies Built in Reporting Quirky keyword syntax for logical operations Extensible Limited Test Run history Built-in Gherkin support No OOTB debugger CI support Obsession with “keywords” Cross Platform

RF – Supported technologies Operating System FTP Web (Selenium, watir) Appium API (Python requests lib) AutoIT SSH Email (IMAP) Android More iOS Database

RF – Architecture Project Test Suite Settings Test Cases Keywords Function Libraries Keywords/Functions

RF – Keyword Syntax

RF – Data Driven Tests

RF – Gherkin Syntax

RF – Execution robot /path/to/root/level/of/test/suite robot --variablefile /explicit/path/to/variables/file /path/to/root/level/of/test/suite robot --include TAGNAME --variablefile /explicit/path/to/variables/file /path/to/root/level/of/test/suite robot --exclude pq –variablefile /Users/kfitzger/Documents/GIT/QA/Project/Variable_Files/CustomerName.py /Users/kfitzger/Documents/SourceTree/QA_Automation/Customer/

RF – Results XML

RF – Results XML

RF –Maintenance Practice good coding conventions Object Library Don’t Repeat Yourself Function Libraries Abstract Data conditions to variables Object Library

RF – Object Library

RF – Case Studies – in the last week One test suite that initiates a process via a web UI (performing checks against web interface concurrently) Validates via API requests that all data was created successfully against two systems. Triggers immediate processing (normally scheduled every four hours) of data via API Triggers import of data via API Returns to Web UI to validate imported data Validates email notification directly via IMAP (no GUI) Backward Migration of tests 170 RF Test Cases were migrated to work with a version a software that was 18 months old Entire process took 2 days

Helpful Links RobotFramework Documentation Github Repo: QA3 Invite http://robotframework.org/ Github Repo: https://github.com/kentfitz/rfstub Includes a small sample project, documentation for installation and execution, and a few xslt samples. QA3 Invite Slack team for QA (or those interested in QA) professionals in the Ann Arbor Area. If you’d like an invite, send an email to the address below. Don’t feel like you have to be local to join qa3invite@gmail.com