Index

A

• acceptance test driven development (ATDD) / What is the Robot Framework?
• acceptance testing
  • need for / The need for acceptance testing
  • failures, identifying / Pinpoint application failure
  • error rate, reducing / Reducing the error rate
  • automation, providing / Providing automation and re-use
  • test audit trail, creating / Creating the a test audit trail

B

• BDD
  • about / Behavior-driven tests, Behavior-driven development
  • Robot Framework, using / BDD using the Robot Framework
• behavior driven tests / Behavior-driven tests

C

• changes, in test outputs
  • report title, customizing / Customizing the report title
  • background color customization / Background color customization
  • logging / Changing how much is logged
  • report format / Changing the report format
  • derived reports, creating / Creating derived reports
  • reports, recreating / Recreating reports
  • difference, viewing / Viewing differences
  • result usage / Further result usage
• click method / Creating a custom Sikuli library
• collections / Collections
• custom Sikuli library
  • creating / Creating a custom Sikuli library

D

• data-driven tests / Data-driven tests
• database
  • testing / Testing the database
• desktop applications
  • testing / Testing desktop applications
• desktop applications, testing
  • Java Swing / Testing through objects – Java Swing
  • Swing test / A Swing test
• dialog / Dialogs
• DRY(Don’t Repeat Yourself) / External variable files

E

• elementtree library / Creating derived reports
• Exit For Loop
  • using / Breaking off without finishing
• external data
  • feeding / Feeding external data
  • task set, iterating / Performing a set of tasks repeatedly within a test
  • test automation / Application in test automation
• external variable files
  • about / External variable files
  • structure / Structure
  • Python/Java files / Python/Java files containing variables

F

• file structure, tests
  • about / Test file structure
  • HTML format / HTML format
  • TSV format / TSV format
  • pipe separated format / Pipe-separated format
  • ReStructuredText (reST) text format / Restructured text format

G

• generated files
  • about / Generated files

H

• higher order test re-use
  • about / Higher order re-use
  • user keywords / User keywords
  • test templates / Test templates
  • user libraries / User libraries
• HTML format / HTML format

I

• image-based testing
  • about / Testing through images
  • Sikuli / Sikuli
  • custom Sikuli library, creating / Creating a custom Sikuli library
• internal test re-use
  • about / Internal re-use
  • loops / Loops and flow control
  • flow control / Loops and flow control

K

• keyboard driven test / Keyboard-driven tests

N

• network protocols
  • testing / Testing network protocols

O

• Open Connection command / Telnet
• Operating System / Operating System
• output structure
  • heading / Heading
  • summary information / Summary information

P

• pipe separated format / Pipe-separated format
• pipe symbol ( | ) / Pipe-separated format
• plaintext format / Plaintext format
• process / Process
• pybot/jybot/ipybot commands / Separating files
• Pybot command / Command details

R

• remote test execution / Remote test execution
• REPL (Read Evaluate Print Loop) / Debugging through the REPL shell
• reports
  • need for / The need for reports
  • test run assessment / Quick-test run assessment
  • result, comparing / Result comparison
  • individual result detailing / Individual result detailing
  • intelligent assessment / Intelligent assessment
• resource files
  • about / Resource files
  • structure / Structure
• ReStructuredText (reST) text format / Restructured text format
• robotdiff / Viewing differences
• Robot Framework
  • about / What is the Robot Framework?
  • ecosystem / The Robot Framework ecosystem
  • installing / Installing and setting up the Robot Framework
  • setting up / Installing and setting up the Robot Framework
  • different runtimes support / Support for different runtimes
  • Pybot command / Command details
  • exercise / A small exercise
  • using, for BDD / BDD using the Robot Framework
• Robot Framework, setting up
  • source installation / Source installation
  • one-click graphical installer / One-click graphical installer
  • Java environment installation / Java environment installation
  • Python package installation / The Python package installation
• Robot Framework ecosystem
  • diagram / The Robot Framework ecosystem
  • Tests & Data / The Robot Framework ecosystem
  • Test Results / The Robot Framework ecosystem
  • Robot Framework / The Robot Framework ecosystem
  • Test tool driver / The Robot Framework ecosystem
  • Testing Tool / The Robot Framework ecosystem
  • End Application (System under test) / The Robot Framework ecosystem

S

• scalar variable collection / Loops and flow control
• screenshot / Screenshot
• Selenium / Selenium
• Selenium2Library
  • using / Using the Selenium2Library
• Set Tags/Remove Tags keywords / Test statistics
• Sikuli / Sikuli
• sikuli / What is the Robot Framework?
• standard libraries
  • about / Standard libraries
  • collections / Collections
  • dialogs / Dialogs
  • Operating System / Operating System
  • process / Process
  • screenshot / Screenshot
  • string / String
  • Telnet / Telnet
  • XML file / XML
• string / String
• Suds / Testing the web services
• summary information
  • test statictics / Test statistics
  • test details / Test details
  • test execution log / Test execution log

T

• Telnet / Telnet
• test
  • configuration files / Test configuration files
• test configuration files
  • about / Test configuration files
  • Suite initialization files / Suite initialization files
  • external variable files / External variable files
  • resource files / Resource files
  • test setup / Test setup and teardown
  • teardown / Test setup and teardown
• test outputs
  • changes, making / Making changes in outputs
• tests
  • naming conventions / Test naming conventions
  • running, in random order / Test randomization
  • file structure / Test file structure
  • writing, approaches / Approaches towards writing tests
  • coloring information / Test coloring information
  • files, separating / Separating files
• tests naming conventions
  • about / Test naming conventions
  • execution order, creating / Creating an execution order
• tests writing, approaches
  • about / Approaches towards writing tests
  • keyboard driven test / Keyboard-driven tests
  • data-driven tests / Data-driven tests
  • Behavior driven tests / Behavior-driven tests
• test website module functionality / Automation and agile
• TSV format / TSV format

W

• web-based tests
  • running / Running web-based tests
  • Selenium2Library, using / Using the Selenium2Library
  • debugging, through REPL shell / Debugging through the REPL shell
• web applications
  • testing / Testing the web applications
• web applications, testing
  • about / Testing the web applications
  • Selenium / Selenium
  • Robot Framework Selenium library / The Robot Framework Selenium library
• web services
  • testing / Testing the web services

X

• XML file / XML