<s>
Robot	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
is	O
a	O
generic	O
test	B-Application
automation	I-Application
framework	B-Architecture
for	O
acceptance	O
testing	O
and	O
acceptance	O
test-driven	O
development	O
(	O
ATDD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
keyword-driven	O
testing	O
framework	B-Architecture
that	O
uses	O
tabular	O
test	O
data	O
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
ideas	O
for	O
Robot	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
were	O
shaped	O
in	O
Pekka	O
Klärck	O
's	O
masters	O
thesis	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
June	O
24	O
,	O
2008	O
and	O
version	O
3.0.2	O
was	O
released	O
February	O
7	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	B-Architecture
is	O
written	O
using	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
has	O
an	O
active	O
community	O
of	O
contributors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
2.0	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
from	O
robotframework.org	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
survey	O
it	O
scored	O
8	O
among	O
12	O
test	B-Application
automation	I-Application
frameworks	O
,	O
with	O
3	O
%	O
of	O
respondents	O
using	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
tables	O
can	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
plain	O
text	O
,	O
tab-separated	B-Protocol
values	I-Protocol
(	O
TSV	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
or	O
reStructuredText	B-Language
(	O
reST	O
)	O
formats	O
files	O
in	O
any	O
text	O
editor	O
or	O
using	O
the	O
Robot	O
Integrated	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
(	O
RIDE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RIDE	O
simplifies	O
writing	O
test	O
cases	O
by	O
providing	O
framework-specific	O
code	O
completion	O
,	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Log	O
is	O
a	O
built-in	O
keyword	O
that	O
logs	O
the	O
given	O
parameter	O
to	O
the	O
test	O
report	O
generated	O
by	O
Robot	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
SeleniumLibrary	O
,	O
writing	O
tests	O
for	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
is	O
very	O
easy	O
too	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
test	O
opens	O
a	O
new	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
browser	O
window	O
with	O
Google	O
and	O
performs	O
an	O
Internet	O
search	O
for	O
"	O
Hollywood	O
Celebrities	O
"	O
by	O
pressing	O
the	O
button	O
"	O
Google	O
Search	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Robot	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
Browser	O
,	O
automation	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
with	O
Chromium	B-Language
,	O
WebKit	B-Language
and	O
Firefox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
libraries	O
are	O
best	O
implemented	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
but	O
using	O
Java	B-Language
or	O
.NET	B-Application
is	O
also	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
Perl	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
and	O
PHP	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
libraries	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
documented	O
remote	O
library	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
