This might sound a very vague question, but I am hoping to get some insight from all of you who can throw some ideas so that I can move in the right direction. I have ReadyAPI license and want to develop an automation framework around it. I can of course add assertions and create tests and everything within the tool, but I am wondering if there is a way I can build keyword or data driven framework around it so that I can have reusability, ease of use, adding assertions on the fly, execution via excel, or even adding assertions via excel (not sure). I am not sure if that's going to make creation of tests even more complex. Please provide your valuable inputs!
If you already have Ready API! then you probably don't need anything else. The licence is not cheap, so you'd have to consider if you really want to spend more money buying something from Mindtree. And, looking at their list of dependencies, there's always the danger of getting bogged down in the tooling and making them work together rather than doing actual work.
Why not start small and simple by doing some data-driven test cases using Excel or even a database as your source? I've used Excel to drive test cases and to populate assertions and not encountered any problems. For any customised behaviours, there's always Groovy to help. Then, once you've maxed out the capabilities of Ready API! look at something else.