HOW TO use Robot Framework with ATOM code editor

RF_ATOM_README.md

HOW-TO use Robot Framework with ATOM code editor

TL;DR

Install Atom and then in your favorite console / terminal install the required plugins:

apm install language-robot-framework
apm install autocomplete-robot-framework
apm install hyperclick
apm install hyperclick-robot-framework

Your are done! Enjoy using RF in Atom!

Step by Step Instructions

• Install Atom
• Make sure apm is on PATH if you want to install Atom plugins with it. It is if you call apm --version in console and get something like this (ignore version numbers - they'll probably be outdated when you read this):

   > apm --version
   apm  1.15.3
   npm  3.10.5
   node 4.4.5 ia32

• Install additional plugins through apm:

  • language-robot-framework

    apm install language-robot-framework

  • autocomplete-robot-framework

    apm install autocomplete-robot-framework

  • hyperclick-robot-framework

    apm install hyperclick

    apm install hyperclick-robot-framework

• (OPTIONAL) Alternatively you can install all the plugins from within Atom itself

  1. Go to Atom's settings (check Atom Keyboard Shortcuts)
  2. Select "Install" Button
  3. Search for the plugins by their names mentioned above and istall them

• Restart Atom

Your are done!

I would also add Script package which let us run a robot script via ctrl-shift-b shortcut

@Tset-Noitamotua Is there a way to make Atom recognize *.txt files as robot format? Currently, it only highlights syntax for *.robot files.

@zastress robot-framework plans to deprecate all other formats except *.robot so you might want to keep an eye out for that

robotframework/robotframework#2820

Is there a way to run Robot Framework from ATOM?
I found the "Build" package in Atom, but i'm not sure how to add Robot Framework to it. I understand I need to add a ".atom.build.json" but I'm not sure where to start.

Have you already tried?

Is there a way to make Atom recognize .rst files as robot format? Its easy to read .robot files using RIDE but I couldn't read .rst

Is there a way to run Robot Framework from ATOM?

@lenico You may want to have a look at Script mentioned above by @gliviu