Performance Testing for Android Web Apps

Use Appium to explore performance data for your Android web/hybrid apps. This talk was originally given at Front End Ops Conf 2014 in San Francisco, CA.

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1. mobile automation made awesome
   Jonathan Lipps • Director of Ecosystem & Integrations • Sauce Labs
   @AppiumDevs • @jlipps • @saucelabs
   FE Ops • April 24, 2014
   

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2. Ecosystem &
   Integrations
   Project Lead &
   Architect
   Jonathan Lipps • Director of Ecosystem & Integrations • Sauce Labs
   @AppiumDevs • @jlipps • @saucelabs
   Performance Testing for Android HybridWeb! Apps
   

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3. appium introduction
   

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4. appium is the cross-platform
   solution for native and hybrid
   mobile automation
   

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5. The appium philosophy
   Test the same app you submit to the
   marketplace
   Write your tests in any language, using any
   framework
   Use a standard automation speci cation
   and API
   Build a large and thriving open-source
   community effort
   R1.
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6. Platform Support
   Real devices
   Simulators
   Native apps
   Hybrid apps
   Mobile web
   Robots?!
   

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7. Automation Orchestra
   Apple Instruments & UIAutomation for iOS
   Google UiAutomator for Android (4.2.1 up)
   Selendroid for older Android
   Chromedriver for Android web & hybrid
   WebDriver interface
   

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9. Installation
   npm install -g appium && appium
   

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10. appium api
    

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11. Start/stop a session
    

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12. Switch contexts
    

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13. Get testy
    

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14. appium performance
    

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15. Automation Orchestra
    Apple Instruments & UIAutomation for iOS
    Google UiAutomator for Android (4.2.1 up)
    Selendroid for older Android
    Chromedriver for Android web & hybrid
    WebDriver interface
    

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19. github://jlipps/chrome-ops
    

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22. Dear Dev,
    Sorry! You checked in code that will create
    a bad scrolling experience for users of our
    app. Please learn JS kthxbai.
    Love, the build
    

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23. Automated Testing Prevents...
    ✔ Regressions in functionality
    

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24. Automated Testing Prevents...
    ✔ Regressions in functionality
    ✔ Regressions in performance
    

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25. Automated Testing Provides...
    ✔ Explicit specification of functionality
    

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26. Automated Testing Provides...
    ✔ Explicit specification of functionality
    ✔ Explicit specification of performance
    

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27. Automated Testing Provides...
    ✔ Explicit specification of functionality
    ✔ Explicit specification of performance
    ✔ Historical performance statistics
    

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28. Demo
    

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30. appium scale
    

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31. Sauce Labs is great for scale
    when you need to run a lot of
    appium tests in your build
    

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32. appium recap
    

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33. ✔ appium: mobile native/hybrid automation
    

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34. ✔ appium: mobile native/hybrid automation
    ✔ Talk to appium server with HTTP client
    

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35. ✔ appium: mobile native/hybrid automation
    ✔ Talk to appium server with HTTP client
    ✔ Get performance logs
    

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36. ✔ appium: mobile native/hybrid automation
    ✔ Talk to appium server with HTTP client
    ✔ Get performance logs
    ✔ Turn logs into useful data using chrome-ops
    

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37. ✔ appium: mobile native/hybrid automation
    ✔ Talk to appium server with HTTP client
    ✔ Get performance logs
    ✔ Turn logs into useful data using chrome-ops
    ✔ Add performance specs to your build!
    

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38. github://jlipps/feoc2014
    

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39. Questions?
    http://appium.io
    https://github.com/appium/appium
    @AppiumDevs • @jlipps • @saucelabs
    

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40. Thanks!
    http://appium.io
    https://github.com/appium/appium
    @AppiumDevs • @jlipps • @saucelabs
    

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