Robot Framework Test Automation: Level 2

Course details

Learn intermediate and advanced test automation techniques for Robot Framework. Once you've learned how to create simple tests with Robot Framework, most software testers and programmers want to be able to refine them: to randomize tests, build in automated logic, focus on specific elements, and perform data-driven testing. In this course, instructor Bryan Lamb helps you discover how you can create more potent, customized test scripts with Robot Framework. Learn how to create custom Robot Framework libraries, use web locators to test specific HTML and CSS elements, integrate conditionals and loops, perform advanced data management with dictionaries, and much more. Plus, get real-world scripting examples and tips to quickly turbocharge your Level 1 skills and keep your toolset up to date.

Learning objectives
Advanced command-line options
Forcing and randomizing test execution order
Making decisions with automatic variables
Using keywords to return values
Updating Python and PIP
Updating your libraries, browsers, and web drivers
Testing specific elements with web locators
Conditionals and loops
Dictionaries
Data-driven testing
Testing a multisite from end to end with Robot Framework

Concepts

Welcome

01 - About me
02 - Overview of Robot Framework Level 2

1. Quickly Turbocharge Your Level 1 Skills

03 - Getting help from other Robot Framework users
04 - PyCharm Find Usages feature
05 - PyCharm TODO feature
06 - Advanced command-line options
07 - Force test execution order
08 - Randomize test execution order
09 - Get more detailed logs
10 - Automatic variables
11 - Return values from keywords
12 - Create custom keyword libraries

2. Keeping Your Tools Up to Date

13 - Tools overview
14 - Updating Python and PIP
15 - Examine library versions
16 - Update related Robot Framework libraries
17 - Update browsers and check the system
18 - Update web drivers and check the system
19 - What to do if you have problems
20 - Updating your IDE and plugin

3. Web Locators - Preconditions

21 - Web locators preconditions overview
22 - HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap overview
23 - HTML tags
24 - HTML attributes
25 - CSS
26 - Bootstrap
27 - Summary

4. Web Locators - Fundamentals

28 - Locator selection tool
29 - Basic locators overview and demo
30 - Install the tools
31 - The importance of specific locators
32 - Real-world troubleshooting example

5. Web Locators - Advanced

33 - Web locators advanced overview
34 - Basic XPath and CSS syntax
35 - Absolute relationships (XPath and CSS)
36 - Relative relationships (XPath and CSS)
37 - Partial locators - starts-with
38 - Partial locators - ends-with
39 - Partial locators - contains
40 - Scenario - Find and use multiple elements

6. Script Control Flow

41 - Script control overview
42 - IF ELSE - Making decisions
43 - Loops

7. Advanced Data Management

44 - Dictionary overview
45 - Dictionary practical example - URLs
46 - Dictionary practical example - Users

8. Data-Driven Tests - Overview

47 - Overview and demo
48 - Tour the starter project

9. Data-Driven Tests - Built-In Method

49 - Built-in capabilities

10. Data-Driven Tests - CSV (Excel)

50 - Overview of the steps
51 - Create the CSV data file
52 - Custom CSV parsing library
53 - Create our data manager
54 - Call the data manager
55 - Create the looping keyword file
56 - Refactor data entry steps
57 - Run and debug
58 - Add error handling

11. Multi-App End-to-End Scenario

59 - Multi-app end-to-end overview
60 - Scenario overview
61 - Refactor with directories
62 - Add a simple test for site two
63 - Create the basic end-to-end script
64 - Centralize the browser and URL variables