What do you mean by a Framework? Name the types of framework available.

A framework is a set of rules, guidelines and best practices that are followed to get the desired results. A testing framework should have the features listed below:

• Should support more than one browser.

• Should run on multiple platforms.

• Should run on multiple programming languages like Java, Python, C#, Ruby and so on.

• Efficient handling of test data.

• Test case creation and updating are easy and maintainable.

• Provision for setting priority for each test case execution.

• Efficient test report generation.

• Proper test history maintenance for interpreting trends and analysis of execution results.

• Integration with continuous integration tools like Jenkins.

• Minimal manual intervention.

• Increases efficiency and productivity.

• Ensures efficient test code coverage.

The types of automation testing frameworks are listed below −

• Keyword Driven Framework.

• Data Driven Framework.

• Behavior Driven Framework.

• Hybrid Driven Framework.

• Modular Framework.

Selenium can fusion with the following testing frameworks −

• TestNG

• Junit

• Xebium

A good automation test framework ensures scalability and test code coverage.