2026-02-13 –, RoboCon
GenAI tools are changing the world of software development. Many enterprises report more code being generated with GenAI tools than not. As Robot Framework users, we are a part of the global software ecosystem, and the ecosystem is changing. What is our and the framework's future role in the world of increasing prompted development, and how does it affect our learning? I delve into how we learn programming, how learning and doing are starting to diverge in modern software development, and the implications of all of these.
How the current learning methods are being tested
I am Arttu Taipale, an Automation Developer working in both RPA and Test Automation projects at Knowit Solutions. I use Robot Framework and Python as my main tools in my daily work. For four years now, I have delivered Robot Framework trainings, and with the arrival of GenAI tools I have noticed a shift in the learning process. The main drive for learning software development is to create software, but we're shifting to a world where knowing the fundamentals is no longer a requirement to produce software. That doesn't imply that knowledge of software is becoming redundant - quite the contrary. Currently we face a problem: we try to teach multiplication to students holding calculators. How will software development education proceed from this?
How "code by prompt" may affect the ecosystem in the long run
Large enterprises of the IT-world are declaring an age of AI and code-by-prompt. The degree of this is yet unclear, but the change is imminent. Open source tools have for a long time changed as per the needs of their users, but with the assumption that code is written by people.
- How will this change reflect in open source software steering groups and the directions they take?
- Will the fact how well a tool can be used and understood by Gen AI models affect its popularity?
- How is Robot Framework faring so far?
Welcome to my talk where I discuss the future of learning in software development, as well as the implications LLM's might have in the long term directions of software tool development.
Where Robot Framework is going, and how to learn and teach Robot Framework.
Categorize / Tags:learning, teaching, big picture, AI
Is this suitable for ..?: Beginner RF User, Intermediate RF User, Advanced RF User Describe your intended audience:Everyone interested in the big picture of software development and learning as well as those interested in teaching Robot Framework
In-Person or Online talk/workshop?:In-person preferred, online possible.
Arttu is an automation developer at Knowit Solutions, utilising Robot Framework on a daily basis in both RPA and Test Automation projects. He is an open-source software enthusiast with a keen mind for problem solving. You can get his attention with a Robot Framework issue or good Sudoku.