RubyMotion #inspect2013, Behavior-Driver Motion Using Calabash

This talk + demo shows how to do BDD-style acceptance testing of RubyMotion apps using Calabash iOS and motion-calabash

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1. Behaviour Driven Motion using Calabash #inspect 2013 Karl Krukow, LessPainful @karlkrukow, karl@lesspainful.com torsdag den 4. april 13
2. YOU ROCK! Thanks for being awesome torsdag den 4. april 13
3. Who’s this guy? • Co-founder of a mobile test automation start-up • Engineer at Trifork 2006-2012, iOS, JavaScript, Ruby, Java • Father of one • Clojure and Rich Hickey FanBoi • Co-maintainer of Calabash torsdag den 4. april 13
4. This Talk (is mostly a demo) • Brief intro to BBD-style acceptance testing with Calabash • Live Demo: Testing a RubyMotion app • Easy Install, Scaffold and Run using ‘motion-calabash’ gem • More complex test + running on devices • Q & A torsdag den 4. april 13
5. Eloy, You Rock Too! torsdag den 4. april 13
6. Our Acceptance Testing Philosophy • “Behaviour-driven development is about implementing an application by describing its behaviour from the perspective of its stakeholders” - Dan North • “Outside-in” • Business-readable specfications - shared language • Can be used to drive automated acceptance tests torsdag den 4. april 13
7. Cross-Platform? torsdag den 4. april 13
8. Feature: Login As a user I'll be able to log in and manage my WordPress blogs. Scenario: Invalid login Given I am about to login When I enter invalid credentials Then I am presented with an error stating to try again Scenario: Login with wordpres.com credentials ... Example torsdag den 4. april 13
9. • Tool for cross-platform BDD-style acceptance testing. • Calabash Android: https://github.com/calabash/calabash-android • Calabash iOS: https://github.com/calabash/calabash-ios • Managed by LessPainful, but Open-Source, Open to contribution and Free (Eclipse Public License) • Written in Objective C, Java and Ruby (and Clojure) • Test written in Ruby but other languages are easy to add. torsdag den 4. april 13
10. Cross-platform In Action torsdag den 4. april 13
11. JSON over HTTP Your App Calabash Server Calabash Clients Calabash Android Calabash iOS Calabash JVM High-level Architecture ... Device, Emulator or Simulator Host computer torsdag den 4. april 13
12. Calabash Features for RubyMotion Users • Native and hybrid Motion apps (and Android too!) • BDD via the Cucumber tool • Full support for running on physical devices as well as simulators. • RubyMotion integration: require ‘motion-calabash’ • Value-added options via LessPainful • training, support, device labs torsdag den 4. april 13
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15. Demo • Rest of this talk will be live demo and Q&A :) • https://github.com/krukow/motion-calabash-inspect2013 • Demo using the RM sample app: ‘Beers’ app • Open source and simple • Hybrid app (some content displayed in web views) • Backend server (wikipedia) • Gestures like pinch, tap, etc... torsdag den 4. april 13
16. Meanwhile in Denmark... torsdag den 4. april 13
17. REFERENCES • https://github.com/calabash • https://github.com/calabash/calabash-ios • https://github.com/calabash/calabash-ios/wiki • https://github.com/calabash/calabash-ios-server • https://github.com/calabash/calabash-android • http://blog.lesspainful.com/ • https://www.lesspainful.com/ torsdag den 4. april 13
18. Making App Testing Less Painful http://www.lesspainful.com Questions? torsdag den 4. april 13