First steps

In order to successfully finish the following exercises, you need to prepare your environment for this learning course.

Virtual environment

We are going to use virtualenv to create a virtual environment for this learning course.

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mkdir -p robot_course && cd $_
python3 -m pip install virtualenv
python3 -m virtualenv robot_environment

Activate your virtual environment.

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source robot_environment/bin/activate

Install Robot Framework inside your virtual environment.

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pip install robotframework

You can leave your virtual environment anytime using the deactivate command.

Basic structure

Create the first Robot Framework related folders and files inside tests folder.

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mkdir -p tests && cd $_
mkdir 01-greetings
touch 01-greetings/01-greetings.robot