Awesome Robot Framework

A curated list of awesome Robot Framework resources and libraries

Contents

• Trending
• Misc
• Libraries
• Tools
• Resources
• Trainings

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Trending Robot Framework repositories on Github

Misc

• docker-robot-framework Robot Framework (with Firefox and Chrome) in Docker.
• robotkernel RobotFramework kernel for Jupyter notebooks.

Libraries

• Standard Libraries

  • BuiltIn Contains generic often needed keywords. Imported automatically and thus always available.
  • Collections Contains keywords for handling lists and dictionaries.
  • DateTime Supports creating and verifying date and time values as well as calculations between them.
  • Dialogs Supports pausing the test execution and getting input from users.
  • OperatingSystem Enables performing various operating system related tasks.
  • Process Supports executing processes in the system.
  • Screenshot Provides keywords to capture and store screenshots of the desktop.
  • String Library for manipulating strings and verifying their contents.
  • Telnet Supports connecting to Telnet servers and executing commands on the opened connections.
  • XML Library for verifying and modifying XML documents.

• Mid level (framework) Libraries

  • Android Library (keyword documentation) Library for all your Android automation needs. It uses Calabash Android internally.
  • AnywhereLibrary Library for testing Single-Page Apps (SPA). Uses Selenium Webdriver and Appium internally.
  • Appium Library Library for Android- and iOS-testing. It uses Appium internally.
  • DjangoLibrary Library for Django, a Python web framework.
  • Drupal Library Library targeting Drupal sites, built on top of Selenium2Library.
  • Eclipse Library Library for testing Eclipse RCP applications using SWT widgets.
  • ImageHorizonLibrary (keyword documentation) Cross-platform, pure Python library for GUI automation based on image recognition.
  • iOS Library Library for all your iOS automation needs. It uses Calabash iOS Server internally.
  • Page Object Library Library that makes it possible to use the page object pattern when testing web pages.
  • Swing Library (keyword documentation) Library for testing Java applications with Swing GUI.

• Low level (driver) Librabries

  • AngularJS Library An AngularJS extention library to Robotframework's Selenium2Library.
  • Archive Library Library for handling zip- and tar-archives.
  • AutoIt Library Windows GUI testing library that uses AutoIt freeware tool as a driver.
  • Database Library (Java) Java-based library for database testing. Usable with Jython.
  • Database Library (Python) Python based library for database testing. Works with any Python interpreter, including Jython.
  • Diff Library Library to diff two files together.
  • Excel Library Library which provides keywords to allow opening, reading, writing and saving Excel files.
  • FTP Library Library which makes it possible to test or use FTP server using Robot Framework keywords.
  • HTTP Request (Java) Library for HTTP level testing using Apache HTTP client.
  • HTTP Request (livetest) Library for HTTP level testing using livetest tool internally.
  • HTTP Request (Requests) Library for HTTP level testing using Request internally.
  • IMAP Library Library to test mail validation tasks.
  • JSON Schema Library JSON Schema validation library for Robot Framework.
  • MongoDB Library Library for interacting with MongoDB using pymongo.
  • MQTT Library Library that provides keywords for testing on MQTT brokers.
  • NcclientLibrary (keyword documentation) Robotframework NETCONF wrapper library of ncclient.
  • Rammbock Generic network protocol test library that offers easy way to specify network packets and inspect the results of sent and received packets.
  • Suds Library (keyword documentation) Library for functional testing of SOAP-based web services with Suds, a dynamic SOAP 1.1 client.
  • UNIX Filesystem Library Unix filesystem testing for Robot Framework.
  • Debug Library Debug Library for Robot Framework

Tools

• Built-in tools

  • DbBot DbBot is a tool to serialize Robot Framework test run results into a SQLite database.
  • Rebot Tool for generating logs and reports based on XML outputs and for combining multiple outputs together.
  • RoboMachine Model-based testing with Robot Framework.
  • Libdoc Tool for generating keyword documentation for test libraries and resource files.
  • Pabot Parallel executor for Robot Framework test cases.
  • Testdoc Generates high level HTML documentation based on Robot Framework test cases.
  • Tidy Tool for cleaning up and changing format of Robot Framework test data files.
  • Remote Interface Introduction to the remote interface with a list of available remote servers.

• Build

  • Jenkins plugin Plugin to collect and publish Robot Framework test results in Jenkins.
  • Robotcorder Chrome plugin to record session for Robot Framework.
  • Maven plugin Maven plugin for using Robot Framework.
  • Ant task Ant task for running Robot Framework tests.

• Editors

  • Atom
    • Atom Language Robot Framework Robot Framework syntax highlighting for Atom
    • Autocomplete Robot Framework Robot Framework autocomplete for Atom
    • Hyperclick Robot Framework Robot Framework hyperclick provider for Atom
  • VSCode
    • RobotF Extension Visual Studio Code extension for robot framework.

• Verification

  • Robot Framework Lint Linter for robot framework plain text files.

Resources

• RoboCon 2019

  • Welcome back! What's new since RoboCon 2018?
  • The start of the open source RPA movement
  • Evolution of Robot Framework user
  • Decade with SeleniumLibrary and browsers' UI automation
  • RobotFramework for Embedded Software Testing
  • RENAT - a network testing plugin based on Robot Framework
  • Robot Framework with Patient Monitors: Test Automation at GE Healthcare Finland
  • Practical Experiences on Evaluating Software Testing Tools
  • Robots from Jupyter The Future of Authoring Tests and Tasks
  • Dynamically scalable test environment on top of Kubernetes
  • Dynamic Generation of Model Based Testcases Using Listener Interface Version 3
  • Lightning Talks I - robotframework-whitelibrary
  • Lightning talk II
  • Lightning talk III - DevSecOps in embedded systems
  • Lightning talk IV - Testing Complext Graphical Applications & Games with RobotFramework
  • Lightning talk V - Robot Framework Testing in Cloud
  • Lightning talk VI - Robot Framework: More than just automation
  • Turning Test Results into Big Data

• RoboCon 2018

  • How Did We Get Here? Where Do We Go Next?
  • The Naked Truth About Successful Test Automation Journey
  • Mega Robot Projects - What To Expect
  • Robot Framework in Plone CMS Project
  • The Importance of Open Source Communities
  • Towards Contract - Based API Testing with a New Rest Json Test Library
  • Extending SeleniumLibrary 3.0
  • Design Patterns for Efficient Multi-Platform
  • Parallel test execution with Pabot

• Official Docs

  • Robot Framework Introduction
  • Quickstart Guide
  • User Guide
  • How To Write Good Test Cases

• Books

  • Robot Framework Test Automation 💲

• MOOCs

  • Robot Framework Test Automation - Level 1 (udemy) 💲
  • Robot Framework Test Automation - Level 2 (udemy) 💲
  • Robot Framework Test Automation - Saucelabs Integration (udemy) 💲
  • Robot Framework - Jenkins CI & Git Version Control (udemy) 💲

• Theses

  • Data-Driven and Keyword-Driven Test Automation Frameworks Master's Thesis, Pekka Laukkanen
  • Web Application Test Automation with Robot Framework Bachelor's Thesis, Jani Luostarinen

Trainings

• Face-to-Face
  • Testautomatisierung mit dem Robot Framework - Intensivtraining (codecentric) 💲
  • Test Automation using Robot Framework (tesena) 💲
  • Scripting a Robot framework utilizing Python 💲
• Live
  • Robot Framework Online Training (prezi) 💲
  • Robot Framework Certification Training (sulekha) 💲