Accessible Automation with Robot Framework

A small, accessible demo project showing how Robot Framework, RobotCode, Robocop and community libraries (REST, Browser, Database, RPA) can be combined into a simple test automation setup.

What this project demonstrates

This repo is meant as a practical, small‑scale example of:

• Accessible automation
  Keyword‑driven tests that are readable by developers, testers, and domain experts.

• Community‑driven tools and libraries
  Using open source tools maintained by the Robot Framework community:

  • RobotCode – VS Code extension for Robot Framework
  • Robocop – linter for style and consistency
  • robotframework-requests – REST API tests
  • robotframework-browser – browser/UI tests
  • robotframework-databaselibrary – database checks
  • rpaframework – Windows Notepad interaction

Project structure

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├── resources/
│   ├── components/
│   │   ├── api.resource              # Keywords for API tests
│   │   ├── browser.resource          # Keywords for Browser/UI tests
│   │   ├── database.resource         # Keywords for DB checks
│   │   └── notepad.resource          # Keywords for RPA/Notepad
│   └── data/
│   └── domain/
│       ├── learningChuckAPI.resource      # Domain keywords for API 
│       ├── learningChuckDB.resource       # Domain keywords for DB 
│       ├── learningChuckNotepad.resource  # Domain keywords for Notepad 
│       └── learningIntegration.resource   # Domain keywords for Integration
├── results/                          # Test outputs (created by Robot)
├── suites/
│   ├── ChuckTechnicals.robot         # Suite focused on technical checks
│   ├── NorrisComponents.robot        # Component-level tests
│   └── NorrisIntegration.robot       # Integration-level tests
├── .gitignore
├── readme.md
├── requirements.txt
├── robocop.toml                      # Robocop configuration
└── robot.toml                        # Robot Framework settings

How to run

1. Install prerequisites

• Python 3.10+
• A code editor (for example VS Code with the RobotCode extension)
• On Windows, if you want to run the Notepad/RPA part: the standard Notepad application

2. Set up a virtual environment and install dependencies

From the project root:

python -m venv .venv

# On Linux/macOS
source .venv/bin/activate

# On Windows
.venv\Scripts\activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Install Browser library dependencies

Run the following command in your activated virtual environment:

rfbrowser install

4. Run the tests

From the project root, run:

# Run all suites
robotcode -p random robot .

# Or run one suite at a time
robotcode -p dev robot suites/ChuckTechnicals.robot
robotcode -p science robot suites/NorrisComponents.robot
robotcode -p random robot suites/NorrisIntegration.robot

Credits

This project is heavily inspired by a technical demo created by Stavroula Ventoura which was first showcased at Athens Open‑Conf '25. It has been repurposed with her assistance and permission.