A-Stack Functional and Automation Test Environment

A. Robot Framework installation instruction:

1. Install Python and Pip
   1. Navigate to org and click Downloads
   2. Decide which Python version to use and download it
      1. Version 2.7.x: guaranteed to work with all RF libraries
      2. Version 3.6.x: some RF libraries might not work yet

• Python 2 support will stop in 2020… so Python 3 is recommended

1. Run the Python installation as administrator
   1. Select the PATH & Pip options
   2. Verify python directories exist

• Verify python directories are in PATH

1. Open command line and type python -V
2. Also type pip -V
3. Type pip list and follow pip upgrade directions

1. Install Robot Framework & Selenium Library
   1. Open cmd
   2. Type pip install robotframework
   3. Hit enter
   4. Type pip install robotframework-seleniumlibrary
   5. Hit enter
2. Install Desire browsers
   1. Which browsers & version to test?
      1. Google “browser usasage statistics”
      2. Examine company’s internal statistics
   2. Windows: Chrome, IE, Firefox
   3. Safary should be in proper context (Mac)
   4. Install from each respective browser site
   5. Check out browser/ OS cloud:
      1. SauceLabs.com (see Platforms)
      2. BrowserStack.com
   6. Install Selenium WebDrivers
      1. Robot Framework S2L sits on top of Selenium
      2. Selenium is a library package as .exe binary
      3. Each installed browser need its own Webdriver
      4. Edge, IE, Chrome, and Firefox installation process
         1. Create c:\bin
         2. Add c:\bin to PATH

• Go to seleniumhq.org and click “Download”

1. Then find “IE Driver” & “Third party drivers” sections
2. Download & extract each driver into c:\bin
3. Note: Get the 32bit Webdriver for IE

1. Install Pycharm IDE & Plugin
   1. Go to jetbrains.com
   2. Click Tools > Pycharm
   3. Download & install community edition (free)
   4. Install Pycharm
   5. Launch Pycharm
   6. Open File > Settings dialog
   7. Click on Plugins
   8. Search for & install Intellibot (patched for SeleniumLibrary)
   9. Restart Pycharm
2. Create Base Scripts Directory and Project
   1. Create Base Directory (Eg: c:\development\robot-scripts}
   2. Each Robot Framework project will have its own directory
      1. C:\development\robot-scripts\project1
      2. C:\development\robot-scripts\project2
   3. Open Pycharm and create new Project in base directory
3. Organize Your Project Files
   1. /ProjectBase
      1. /Tests
         1. Product1
            1. robot
            2. robot
         2. /Resources
            1. robot (Suite Setup, Open Browser, etc)
            2. /product-1
               1. robot
               2. robot
               3. Page-objects
                  1. Po1.robot
                  2. Po2.robot

• /Libraries

1. /Results
   1. Product-1

B. Implementation test case: 

In case example, we will test HelloTQL application:

1. Create folder and file with structure: 
2. Open HelloTQL.robot, and write test cases. Reffer all instruction document at https://robotframework.org/#documentation . Or we can reffer a simple successfull test case in https://bitbucket.org/MQTeam/assetintelligence/src/web/WEB/test_api/
3. In Tests folder, open terminal and run: robot HelloTQL.robot
4. After testing finished, open report.html in web browser to review the result.