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*automating tests with robot framework: an informative tutorial*

robot framework is an open-source automation framework that is primarily used for acceptance testing and acceptance test-driven development (atdd). it uses a keyword-driven approach, which makes it easy to read and write tests, even for those who are not experienced programmers.

prerequisites

before you begin using robot framework, ensure you have the following installed:

1. **python**: robot framework is built on python, so you need to have python installed. you can download it from [python.org](https://www.python.org/downloads/).
2. **pip**: this is the package manager for python, which is usually included with python installations.
3. **robot framework**: you can install robot framework using pip.

```bash
pip install robotframework
```

4. **seleniumlibrary**: if you plan to automate web applications, you will need the seleniumlibrary.

```bash
pip install robotframework-seleniumlibrary
```

creating a simple test

let’s create a simple test case to automate the login functionality of a web application.

step 1: create a new directory

create a new directory for your robot framework tests.

```bash
mkdir robot_tests
cd robot_tests
```

step 2: create a test suite

create a new file with a `.robot` extension. for example, `login_test.robot`.

```robot
** settings **
library seleniumlibrary

** variables **
${url} https://example.com/login
${username} your_username
${password} your_password

** test cases **
successful login test
[documentation] this test verifies that a user can log in successfully.
open browser ${url} chrome
input text id=username ${username}
input text id=password ${password}
click button id=login
page should contain welcome, ${username}
close browser
```

explanation of the test case

**settings section**: this section imports the necessary libraries. here, we import `seleniuml ...

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