059: Robot Framework with Pekka Klärck

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pekka Klärck is the founder of the Robot Framework. He is also currently the Lead Developer for the Robot Framework Foundation. In this episode, I’m sitting down to talk to Pekka about this framework, it’s origins and how it can help automate testing and other tasks for applications on the Salesforce Platform.  If you never made it to a Robocon, take a seat and get acquainted with this great tool to put in your toolkit. </span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why it was always important to Pekka to make his framework open source.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How the framework came to be and its current state.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What languages the framework supports.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What it means for it to be a keyword-driven approach.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The common design pattern people use with the framework.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The design goal for the framework.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">New features on the roadmap for the Robot Framework.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><strong>About Pekka: <a href="http://eliga.fi/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://eliga.fi/</span></a></strong></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Robot Framework: <a href= "https://robotframework.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://robotframework.org/</span></a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Robot Framework Foundation: <a href= "https://robotframework.org/foundation/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://robotframework.org/foundation/</span></a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Robocon: <a href="https://robocon.io/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://robocon.io/</span></a></li> </u