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Author: robotframew...@gmail.com
Date: Tue Jun 11 06:29:21 2013
Log: Edited wiki page ReleaseNotes28 through web user interface.
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--- /ReleaseNotes28.wiki Tue Jun 11 04:36:25 2013
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@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
= Robot Framework 2.8 =
Robot Framework 2.8 is a new major release with loads of bigger
-and smaller enhancements and bug fixes. It was released on 10th June 2013,
-after the release candidate was released on 31st May 2013.
+and smaller enhancements and bug fixes. It was released on Tuesday 11th
June 2013.
Questions and comments related to the release can be sent to the
[MailingLists mailing lists] and possible bugs submitted to
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
is thus safe to install any Robot Framework release alongside RIDE.
[https://code.google.com/p/robotframework-mabot/ Mabot], as of version 0.9,
-is not compatible with Robot Framework 2.8. This will be fixed in the
future
+is not compatible with Robot Framework 2.8. This will be fixed in the
future Mabot
releases.
== Most important enhancements and new features ==
@@ -36,31 +35,24 @@
A completely new API is introduced for creating executable test suites
programmatically on fly. Practically this means that tests can be now
-created using a programming language e.g. Python.
+created using Python programming language using based on external models
or otherwise.
-Robot Framework now provides
[http://robot-framework.readthedocs.org/en/latest/autodoc/robot.running.html#robot.running.model.TestSuite
TestSuite API] for creating an executable
-test suite structure. This structure possibly includes test cases,
keywords,
+Robot Framework now provides
[http://robot-framework.readthedocs.org/en/latest/autodoc/robot.running.html#robot.running.model.TestSuite
TestSuite] API for creating an executable
+test suite structure. This structure includes test cases, keywords,
variables, imports and so on - basically everything that can be done in the
test case files is also possible via the API.
-Additionally, these executable
[http://robot-framework.readthedocs.org/en/latest/autodoc/robot.running.html#robot.running.model.TestSuite
TestSuite] objects can be built based on the
+Additionally, these executable !TestSuite objects can be built based on the
existing test case files and directories using
[http://robot-framework.readthedocs.org/en/latest/autodoc/robot.running.html#robot.running.builder.TestSuiteBuilder
TestSuiteBuilder API].
Please take a look at
[http://robot-framework.readthedocs.org/en/latest/autodoc/robot.running.html
Robot Framework API documentation] for practical examples.
-=== New test library: Process test library ===
+=== New `Process` test library ===
-[https://code.google.com/p/robotframework/wiki/ProcessLibrary Process
library]
-is a completely new test library which introduces new keywords for managing
+[ProcessLibrary Process] library is a completely new test library which
introduces new keywords for managing
processes and checking the process status.
-The library includes keywords to run processes in a customized environment.
-This means that processes can be executed in the specific working
directory,
-in shell on demand, and with given environment variables set. Terminating
-and switching between the created processes is also supported. The library
-also provides keywords for asserting if the process still running.
-
-See [https://code.google.com/p/robotframework/wiki/ProcessLibrary Process
test library documentation] for the library documentation.
+The main enhancements compared to the process execution keywords in
[OperatingSystemLibrary OperatingSystem] library are better configuration
and possibility to terminate started processes. See the [ProcessLibrary
documentation of the library] for more information.
=== New control keywords in !BuiltIn test library ===
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