The Marlabs Automation Framework uses 3 projects and integrates with the open source Test Link test management tool. The framework includes a Java Swings UI controller application for handling test script execution and taking input from exported Test Link XML files. An automation test suite is built using core Java for executing test scripts and generating reports. A J2EE web project generates online results reports using Apache Tomcat. The framework generates results in Excel, XML, HTML formats as well as online web reports. Skills required include core Java, web programming, databases, Test Link, and Selenium.