Components of Automation Framework

Below are major components that we need to implement in a framework

• Test Case Standardization: All the test cases should be written in same format so that anyone who views your framework can understand it properly.
• Logging Standardization: It is very important to implement/maintain logs. One can easily understand through logs what exactly each step is performing.
• Test Data and Configuration Utility: If in the framework data is hard-coded then it will be difficult to maintain as you need to change the data. You have to maintain test data and configuration for fetching data.
• Helper Libraries: For reusable methods, you can create a library for using it for the entire project.
• Test Execution Engine: It is a test runner to execute a test in a standard way. You can run directly from Eclipse or Jenkins, or Command Prompt etc.
• Reporting: It is very important, it will show how many test cases passed, failed etc.