I gave a talk for the Test Automation Meetup sponsored by Zapple on building and evaluating a test automation framework.

Here is a link to the test automation meetup video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m9NKpJVvQ0

And here are my slides:

In this presentation I talk about:

What do I mean by “Test Framework”

What are the parts of a test automation framework

What different tools can be called a framework, or may be considered as part of your test automation framework

What are the goals you have for a test automation framework – What do you need it to do, and what do you need to know.

How to go about building a test automation framework

What are the criteria for evaluating a test automation framework

How to measure the success of your test automation framework