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Fundamentals

Fundamentals cover Robot Framework’s data format, keywords & variables, and libraries so you can read and write maintainable .robot and .resource suites.

Guides

File Topics
Core Syntax & Test Structure *** Settings *** / Variables / Test Cases / Keywords, suite setup & teardown, [Template], tags, FOR / IF / TRY / WHILE, native VAR
Keywords & Variables Built-in keywords, arguments (positional, named, embedded), return values, $/@/&{} types, scopes, built-in vars, secrets (RF 7.4+)
Libraries & Extensibility Standard libraries, Selenium / Browser / Requests / DB / SSH, custom Python libs, remote library, ROBOT_LIBRARY_SCOPE

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