README.md

Table of Contents

• 1 Introduction to Robot Framework
• 1.1 Purpose / Use Cases
• LO-1.1 (K1) Recall the two main use cases of Robot Framework
• 1.1.1 Test Automation
  • LO-1.1.1 (K1) Recall the test levels Robot Framework is mostly used for
  • 1.1.1.1 Synthetic Monitoring
• 1.1.2 Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
• 1.2 Architecture of Robot Framework
• 1.2.1 Robot Framework and the gTAA (Generic Test Automation Architecture)
  • LO-1.2.1 (K1) Recall the layers of the Generic Test Automation Architecture (gTAA) and their corresponding components in Robot Framework
• 1.2.2 What is Robot Framework & What It Is Not
  • LO-1.2.2 (K1) Recall what is part of Robot Framework and what is not
• 1.2.3 Technology & Prerequisites
  • LO-1.2.3 (K1) Recall the technology Robot Framework is built on and the prerequisites for running it
• 1.3 Basic Syntax & Structure
• LO-1.3 (K1) Recall the key attributes of the syntax that makes Robot Framework simple and human-readable
• 1.3.1 What are Test Cases / Tasks?
• 1.3.2 Files & Directories
• 1.3.3 What are Keywords?
  • LO-1.3.3 (K2) Explain the difference between User Keywords and Library Keywords
• 1.3.4 Resource Files & Libraries
  • LO-1.3.4 (K1) Recall the difference between Resource Files and Libraries and their artifacts
• 1.4 Specification Styles
• LO-1.4 (K1) Recall the three specification styles of Robot Framework
• 1.4.1 Keyword-Driven Specification
  • LO-1.4.1 (K2) Understand the basic concepts of Keyword-Driven Specification
• 1.4.2 Behavior-Driven Specification
  • LO-1.4.2 (K2) Understand the basic concepts of Behavior-Driven Specification
• 1.4.3 Comparing Keyword-Driven and Behavior-Driven Specification
  • LO-1.4.3 (K1) Recall the differences between Keyword-Driven and Behavior-Driven Specification
• 1.4.4 Data-Driven Specification
  • LO-1.4.4 (K1) Recall the purpose of Data-Driven Specification
• 1.5 Organization and Licensing
• 1.5.1 Open Source License
  • LO-1.5.1 (K1) Recall the type of open-source license under which Robot Framework is distributed
• 1.5.2 About the Robot Framework Foundation
  • LO-1.5.2 (K1) List and recall the key objectives and organizational form of the Robot Framework Foundation
• 1.5.3 Robot Framework Webpages
  • LO-1.5.3 (K1) Recall the official webpages for Robot Framework and its resources
• 2 Getting Started with Robot Framework
• 2.1 Suite File & Tree Structure
• LO-2.1 (K2) Understand which files and directories are considered suites and how they are structured in a suite tree.
• 2.1.1 Suite Files
  • LO-2.1.1 (K1) Recall the conditions and requirements for a file to be considered a Suite file
• 2.1.2 Sections and Their Artifacts
  • LO-2.1.2 (K1) Recall the available sections in a suite file and their purpose.
  • 2.1.2.1 Introduction in *** Settings *** Section
    • LO-2.1.2.1-1 (K1) Recall the available settings in a suite file.
    • LO-2.1.2.1-2 (K2) Understand the concepts of suite settings and how to define them.
  • 2.1.2.2 Introduction in *** Variables *** Section
    • LO-2.1.2.2 (K1) Recall the purpose of the *** Variables *** section.
  • 2.1.2.3 Introduction in *** Test Cases or Tasks *** Section
    • LO-2.1.2.3 (K2) Understand the purpose of the *** Test Cases *** or *** Tasks *** section.
  • 2.1.2.4 Introduction in *** Keywords *** Section
    • LO-2.1.2.4 (K2) Understand the purpose and limitations of the *** Keywords *** section.
  • 2.1.2.5 Introduction in *** Comments *** Section
• 2.2 Basic Suite File Syntax
• LO-2.2 (K2) Understand the basic syntax of test cases and tasks.
• 2.2.1 Separation and Indentation
  • LO-2.2.1 (K3) Understand and apply the mechanics of indentation and separation in Robot Framework.
• 2.2.2 Line Breaks, Continuation and Empty Lines
  • LO-2.2.2 (K3) Be able to use line breaks and continuation in a statement.
• 2.2.3 In-line Comments
  • LO-2.2.3 (K3) Be able to add in-line comments to suites.
• 2.2.4 Escaping of Control Characters
  • LO-2.2.4 (K2) Understand how to escape control characters in Robot Framework.
• 2.2.5 Example Suite File
  • LO-2.2.5 (K2) Understand the structure of a basic suite file.
• 2.3 Executing Robot
• LO-2.3 (K1) Recall the three components of the Robot Framework CLI.
• 2.3.1 robot command & help
  • LO-2.3.1 (K2) Understand how to run the robot command and its basic usage.
• 2.3.2 Execution Artifacts
  • LO-2.3.2 (K2) Explain the execution artifacts generated by Robot Framework.
• 2.3.3 Status
  • LO-2.3.3 (K1) Recall the four different status labels used by Robot Framework.
  • 2.3.3.1 PASS
    • LO-2.3.3.1 (K2) Understand when an element is marked as PASS.
  • 2.3.3.2 FAIL
    • LO-2.3.3.2 (K2) Understand when an element is marked as FAIL.
• 2.3.4 Logging possibilities (Log vs Console)
  • LO-2.3.4 (K2) Understand the difference between log messages and console output.
• 2.4 Keyword Imports
• 2.4.1 Libraries
  • LO-2.4.1-1 (K1) Recall the purpose of keyword libraries and how to import them.
  • LO-2.4.1-2 (K1) Recall the three types of libraries in Robot Framework.
• 2.4.2 Resource Files
  • LO-2.4.2-1 (K1) Recall the purpose of resource files.
  • LO-2.4.2-2 (K3) Use resource files to import new keywords.
• 2.4.3 Import Paths
  • LO-2.4.3 (K2) Understand the different types of paths that can be used to import libraries and resource files.
• 2.5 Keyword Interface and Documentation
• LO-2.5 (K2) Understand the structure of keyword interfaces and how to interpret keyword documentation.
• 2.5.1 Documented Keyword Information
  • LO-2.5.1 (K1) Recall the information that can be found in a keyword documentation.
  • 2.5.1.1 Example Keyword Should Be Equal``
  • 2.5.1.2 Example Keyword Run Process``
  • 2.5.1.3 Example Keyword Get Regexp Matches``
• 2.5.2 Keyword Arguments
  • LO-2.5.2 (K2) Understand the difference between argument kinds.
  • 2.5.2.1 Mandatory Arguments
    • LO-2.5.2.1 (K2) Understand the concept of mandatory arguments and how they are documented.
  • 2.5.2.2 Optional Arguments
    • LO-2.5.2.2 (K2) Understand the concept of optional arguments and how they are documented.
  • 2.5.2.3 Embedded Arguments
    • LO-2.5.2.3 (K1) Recall the concept of keywords with embedded arguments used in Behavior-Driven Specification and how they are documented.
  • 2.5.2.4 Positional or Named Arguments
    • LO-2.5.2.4 (K1) Recall how "Positional or Named Arguments" are marked in the documentation and their use case.
  • 2.5.2.5 Variable Number of Positional Arguments
    • LO-2.5.2.5 (K1) Recall how "Variable Number of Positional Arguments" are marked in the documentation and their use case.
  • 2.5.2.6 Named-Only Arguments
    • LO-2.5.2.6 (K1) Recall what properties "Named-Only Arguments" have and how they are documented.
  • 2.5.2.7 Free Named Arguments
    • LO-2.5.2.7 (K1) Recall how free named arguments are marked in documentation.
  • 2.5.2.8 Argument Types
    • LO-2.5.2.8 (K2) Understand the concept of argument types and automatic type conversion.
  • 2.5.2.9 Return Types
    • LO-2.5.2.9 (K2) Understand the concept of return type hints.
• 2.5.3 Keyword Documentation & Examples
  • LO-2.5.3 (K2) Understand how to read keyword documentation and how to interpret the examples.
• 2.6 Writing Test|Task and Calling Keywords
• LO-2.6 (K2) Understand how to call imported keywords and how to structure keyword calls.
• 2.6.1 Positional Arguments
  • LO-2.6.1 (K2) Understand the concept of how to set argument values positionally.
• 2.6.2 Named Arguments
  • LO-2.6.2 (K2) Understand the concept of named arguments and how to set argument values by their name.
• 2.6.3 Embedded Arguments / Using Behavior-Driven Specification
  • LO-2.6.3 (K1) Recall how to use embedded arguments.
• 3 Keyword Design, Variables, and Resource Files
• 3.1 Resource File Structure
• 3.1.1 Sections in Resource Files
• 3.2 Variables
• LO-3.2-1 (K2) Understand how variables in Robot Framework are used to store and manage data
• LO-3.2-2 (K1) Recall the relevant five different ways to create and assign variables
• 3.2.1 Variable Syntax and Access Types
  • LO-3.2.1-1 (K1) Recall the four syntactical access types to variables with their prefixes
  • LO-3.2.1-2 (K1) Recall the basic syntax of variables
• 3.2.2 *** Variables *** Section
  • LO-3.2.2-1 (K3) Create variables in the Variables section
  • LO-3.2.2-2 (K3) Use the correct variable prefixes for assigning and accessing variables
  • 3.2.2.1 Scalar Variable Definition
    • LO-3.2.2.1-1 (K3) Create and assign scalar variables
    • LO-3.2.2.1-2 (K2) Understand how multiple lines can be used to define scalar variables
  • 3.2.2.2 Primitive Data Types
    • LO-3.2.2.2 (K2) Understand how to access primitive data types
  • 3.2.2.3 List Variable Definition
    • LO-3.2.2.3 (K2) Understand how to set and access data in list variables
  • 3.2.2.4 Dictionary Variable Definition
    • LO-3.2.2.4 (K2) Understand how to set and access data in dict variables
• 3.2.3 Return values from Keywords
  • LO-3.2.3 (K3) Be able to assign return values from keywords to variables
  • 3.2.3.1 Assigning to Scalar Variables
• 3.2.4 VAR Statement
  • LO-3.2.4 (K2) Understand how to create variables using the VAR statement
• 3.2.5 Variable Scope Introduction
  • LO-3.2.5 (K2) Understand how local and suite scope variables are created
• 3.3 User Keyword Definition & Arguments
• 3.3.1 *** Keywords *** Section
• 3.3.2 User Keyword Names
  • LO-3.3.2 (K1) Recall the rules how keyword names are matched.
• 3.3.3 User Keyword Settings
  • LO-3.3.3 (K1) Recall all available settings and their purpose for User Keywords
• 3.3.4 User Keyword Documentation
  • LO-3.3.4 (K1) Recall the significance of the first logical line and in keyword documentation for the log file.
• 3.3.5 User Keyword Arguments
  • LO-3.3.5 (K2) Understand the purpose and syntax of the [Arguments] setting in User Keywords.
  • 3.3.5.1 Defining Mandatory Arguments
    • LO-3.3.5.1-1 (K1) Recall what makes an argument mandatory in a user keyword.
    • LO-3.3.5.1-2 (K3) Define User Keywords with mandatory arguments.
  • 3.3.5.2 Defining Optional Arguments
    • LO-3.3.5.2-1 (K1) Recall how to define optional arguments in a user keyword.
    • LO-3.3.5.2-2 (K3) Define User Keywords with optional arguments.
  • 3.3.5.3 Defining Embedded Arguments
    • LO-3.3.5.3-1 (K2) Describe how embedded arguments are replaced by actual values during keyword execution.
    • LO-3.3.5.3-2 (K2) Understand the role of embedded arguments in Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) style.
  • 3.3.5.4 Other Argument Kinds
• 3.3.6 RETURN Statement
  • LO-3.3.6-1 (K2) Understand how the RETURN statement passes data between different keywords.
  • LO-3.3.6-2 (K3) Use the RETURN statement to return values from a user keyword and assign it to a variable.
• 3.3.7 Keyword Conventions
  • LO-3.3.7 (K1) Recall the naming conventions for user keywords.
• 3.4 Using Data-Driven Specification
• LO-3.4 (K2) Understand the basic concept and syntax of Data-Driven Specification
• 3.4.1 Test|Task Templates
  • LO-3.4.1-1 (K2) Understand how to define and use test|task templates
  • LO-3.4.1-2 (K1) Recall the differences between the two different approaches to define Data-Driven Specification
  • 3.4.1.1 Multiple Named Test|Task With One Template
    • LO-3.4.1.1 (K1) Recall the syntax and properties of multiple named test|task with one template
  • 3.4.1.2 Named Test|Task With Multiple Data Rows:
    • LO-3.4.1.2 (K1) Recall the syntax and properties of named test|task with multiple data rows
• 3.5 Advanced Importing of Keywords and Naming Conflicts
• LO-3.5 (K1) Recall that naming conflicts can arise from the import of multiple resource files.
• 3.5.1 Importing Hierarchies
  • LO-3.5.1 (K2) Understand how transitive imports of resource files and libraries work.
• 3.5.2 Library Configuration
  • LO-3.5.2 (K3) Be able to configure a library import using arguments.
• 3.5.3 Naming Conflicts
  • LO-3.5.3 (K2) Explain how naming conflicts can happen and how to mitigate them.
• 4 Advanced Structuring and Execution
• 4.1 Setups (Suite, Test|Task, Keyword)
• LO-4.1-1 (K1) Recall the purpose and benefits of Setups in Robot Framework
• LO-4.1-2 (K1) Recall the different levels where a Setup can be defined
• 4.1.1 Suite Setup
  • LO-4.1.1-1 (K1) Recall key characteristics, benefits, and syntax of Suite Setup
  • LO-4.1.1-2 (K2) Understand when Suite Setup is executed and used
• 4.1.2 Test|Task Setup
  • LO-4.1.2-1 (K1) Recall key characteristics, benefits, and syntax of Test Setup
  • LO-4.1.2-2 (K2) Understand when Test|Task Setup is executed and used
• 4.1.3 Keyword Setup
  • LO-4.1.3 (K1) Recall key characteristics and syntax of Keyword Setup
• 4.2 Teardowns (Suite, Test|Task, Keyword)
• LO-4.2-1 (K2) Understand the different levels where and how Teardowns can be defined and when they are executed
• LO-4.2-2 (K1) Recall the typical use cases for using Teardowns
• 4.2.1 Suite Teardown
  • LO-4.2.1-1 (K1) Recall key characteristics, benefits, and syntax of Suite Teardown
  • LO-4.2.1-2 (K2) Understand when Suite Teardown is executed and used
• 4.2.2 Test|Task Teardown
  • LO-4.2.2-1 (K1) Recall key characteristics, benefits, and syntax of Test|Task Teardown
  • LO-4.2.2-2 (K2) Understand when Test|Task Teardown is executed and used
• 4.2.3 Keyword Teardown
  • LO-4.2.3 (K1) Recall key characteristics, benefits, and syntax of Keyword Teardown
• 4.3 Initialization Files
• LO-4.3 (K1) Recall how to define an Initialization Files and its purpose
• 4.3.1 Purpose of Initialization Files
• 4.3.2 Suite Setup and Suite Teardown of Initialization Files
  • LO-4.3.2 (K2) Understand the execution order of Suite Setup and Suite Teardown in Initialization Files and their sub-suites and tests|tasks
• 4.3.3 Allowed Sections in Initialization Files
  • LO-4.3.3 (K1) Recall the allowed sections and their content in Initialization Files
• 4.3.4 Example of an Initialization File
• 4.4 Test|Task Tags and Filtering Execution
• LO-4.4 (K1) Recall the purpose of Test|Task Tags in Robot Framework
• 4.4.1 Assigning Tags to Tests|Tasks
  • LO-4.4.1 (K1) Recall the syntax and different ways to assign tags to tests|tasks
• 4.4.2 Using Tags to Filter Execution
  • LO-4.4.2 (K2) Understand how to filter tests|tasks using the command-line interface of Robot Framework
  • 4.4.2.1 Including Tests|Tasks by Tags
  • 4.4.2.2 Excluding Tests|Tasks by Tags
  • 4.4.2.3 Combining Include and Exclude Options
  • 4.4.2.4 Using Tag Patterns
• 4.4.3 Reserved Tags
• 4.5 SKIP Test|Task Status
• LO-4.5-1 (K1) Recall the use case and purpose of skipping tests|tasks in Robot Framework
• LO-4.5-2 (K1) Recall the different ways to skip tests|tasks in Robot Framework
• 4.5.1 Skipping By Tags Selection (CLI)
  • LO-4.5.1 (K1) Recall the differences between skip and exclude
• 4.5.2 Skipping Dynamically During Execution
• 4.5.3 Automatically Skipping Failed Tests
• 5 Exploring Advanced Constructs
• 5.1 Advanced Variables
• 5.1.1 Variable Priorities
  • LO-5.1.1 (K2) Understand the difference between statically defined and dynamically created variables in Robot Framework
  • 5.1.1.1 Statically Defined or Imported Variables
    • LO-5.1.1.1 (K1) Recall the priority of statically defined or imported variables in Robot Framework
  • 5.1.1.2 Dynamically Created Variables
    • LO-5.1.1.2 (K1) Recall the priority of dynamically created variables in Robot Framework
• 5.1.2 Variable Scopes
  • LO-5.1.2 (K1) Recall the different variable scopes in Robot Framework
  • 5.1.2.1 . Global Scope
    • LO-5.1.2.1 (K1) Recall how to define global variables and where they can be accessed
  • 5.1.2.2 . Suite Scope
    • LO-5.1.2.2 (K1) Recall how to define suite variables and where they can be accessed
  • 5.1.2.3 . Test|Task Scope
    • LO-5.1.2.3 (K1) Recall how to define test|task variables and where they can be accessed
  • 5.1.2.4 . Local Scope
    • LO-5.1.2.4 (K1) Recall how to define local variables and where they can be accessed
• 5.1.3 Global Variables via Command Line
• 5.1.4 List-Variables (Advanced)
  • 5.1.4.1 Assigning List Variables
    • LO-5.1.4.1 (K1) Recall that assignments to @{list} variables convert values to lists automatically
  • 5.1.4.2 Accessing List Variables
    • LO-5.1.4.2 (K1) Recall that @{list} unpacks the values of a list variable when accessed
• 5.1.5 Dict-Like
  • 5.1.5.1 Assigning Dictionary Variables
    • LO-5.1.5.1 (K1) Recall that assignments to &{dict} variables automatically convert values to Robot Framework Dictionaries and enable dot-access
  • 5.1.5.2 Accessing Dictionary Variables
    • LO-5.1.5.2 (K1) Recall that &{dict} unpacks to multiple key=value pairs when accessed
• 5.1.6 Built-In Variables
  • LO-5.1.6 (K1) Recall that Robot Framework provides access to execution information via Built-In variables
• 5.2 Control Structures
• 5.2.1 IF Statements
  • LO-5.2.1 (K2) Understand the purpose and basic concept of IF-Statements
  • 5.2.1.1 Basic IF Syntax
• 5.2.2 IF/ELSE IF/ELSE Structure
• 5.2.3 Inline IF Statement
• 5.2.4 FOR Loops
  • LO-5.2.4 (K2) Understand the purpose and basic concept of FOR Loops
  • 5.2.4.1 Basic FOR Loop Syntax
• 5.2.5 WHILE Loops
  • LO-5.2.5 (K2) Understand the purpose and basic concept of WHILE Loops
• 5.2.6 BREAK and CONTINUE
  • LO-5.2.6 (K2) Understand the purpose and basic concept of the BREAK and CONTINUE statements