{"id":112309,"date":"2020-01-04T09:31:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T09:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.softwaretestinghelp.com\/?page_id=112309"},"modified":"2025-04-01T08:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T08:28:09","slug":"robot-framework-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.softwaretestinghelp.com\/robot-framework-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot Framework Tutorial – Features And Software Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Tutorial Explains What is Robot Framework Along with its Pros, Cons, Important Features and Installation Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robot Framework is an open-source Test Automation framework. It was initially developed by Nokia Networks, however, it is now maintained by the Robot Framework Foundation.<\/p>\n

You will learn about the features, pros, and cons of the Framework along with instructions to install the needed software.<\/p>\n

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List Of The Tutorials In This Robot Framework Series<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tutorial #1:<\/strong> Robot Framework – Features And Software Installation<\/a> (This Tutorial)
\nTutorial #2:<\/strong> Getting Started With RIDE \u2013 Robot Framework IDE<\/a>
\nTutorial #3: <\/strong>Understanding And Working With Robot Framework<\/a><\/p>\n

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What Is The Robot Framework?<\/h2>\n

Official Website: RobotFramework<\/a><\/p>\n

Robot Framework is a Test Automation tool in which the test cases are written using keywords that makes it easy to learn and use.<\/p>\n

These keywords are written in a tabular form. With Robot Framework, the Test Scripts are replaced by a few keywords thereby replacing the need for large pieces of code.<\/p>\n

Let us understand the keyword-driven approach of this Framework with a simple example.<\/p>\n

Example:<\/strong><\/span> Suppose, I want to test a website say Google.com, for which the very first step would be to open a Browser and open the \u2018Google.com\u2019 webpage. Now to automate this step using Robot Framework, we have a keyword called \u201cOpen Browser\u201d.<\/p>\n

The script for this step would look as shown below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Do you agree that this code looks quite simple?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I am sure, your answer would be \u2018yes\u2019. This simplicity makes it easy to learn and use the tool. We have pre-defined Keywords and Libraries that can be used. Just by knowing these available keywords, we can automate our test cases and greatly reduce our testing efforts.<\/p>\n

You must be wondering about the language in which the Framework is written. It has been written using the Python programming language. Hence, to install Robot Framework it is necessary to have Python installed in your system. There are also a few other sets of software that are required to use this Framework.<\/p>\n

We will see more about this as we proceed further with this tutorial. Robot Framework provides good support for External Libraries as well as Functions. The most popular library used with the Framework is the Selenium Library that is used for web development & UI testing.<\/p>\n

With this brief understanding of what Robot Framework is, let us take a look at the other features of this Framework.<\/p>\n

Features Of Robot Framework<\/span><\/h3>\n

Enlisted below are the main features of the Robot Framework:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open Browser<\/th>Google.com<\/th>Chrome<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n