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Automated Mobile Acceptance Testing Presentation - mdevcon 2013
Pete Hodgson
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Transcript
Automated Acceptance Testing mdevcon 2013
Pete Hodgson @ph1
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we are hiring
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examples are iOS same principles across platforms
Straw Poll
Straw Poll AppCode ~ or ~ XCode
Straw Poll IntelliJ ~ or ~ Eclipse
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we all test
why do we test?
does it work?
does it still work?
does it work on ?
testing provides feedback
why don’t we test?
manual testing can be expensive
manual testing can be tedious
“Computers are designed to do simple repetitive tasks. The second
you have humans doing repetitive tasks, all the computers get together late at night and laugh at you…” - Neal Ford
so automate your tests (where it makes sense)
testing provides feedback
testing provides feedback automated better
testing provides feedback automated faster
testing provides feedback automated broader
testing provides feedback automated uniform
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types of automated testing
Mobile App End User Backend Services
Unit Test Mobile App End User Backend Services
Mobile App End User Backend Services Integration Test
Acceptance Test Mobile App End User Backend Services
Acceptance Test Mobile App End User Backend Services The App
Acceptance Unit Integration
demo!
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I love it! How do I do it?
iOS Frank Calabash KIF Appium UIAutomation
Android Calabash Robotium Instrumentation
Mobile Web iPhoneDriver/AndroidDriver chromedriver headless WebDriver webdriver-user-agent
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the UI testing triad
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select a bit o UI
select a bit o UI simulate interaction with it
select a bit o UI simulate interaction with it inspect
state o it
UI select interact inspect
UI select interact inspect
UI select interact inspect
user simulation touch(...) type_into_keyboard(...) set_orientation(...) double_tap(...) tap_and_hold(...) drag_with_initial_delay(...)
simulating gestures
UI select interact inspect
UI select interact inspect
touch(...)
touch(...) what?
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view selectors
view selectors a little language to specify which views you
are interested in e.g. CSS or XPath
demo!
good view selectors == sustainable tests
accessibility is your best friend
record-and-playback test suites are not sustainable
UI select interact inspect
UI select interact inspect
demo!
interact inspect select UI
putting it all together
demo!
thanks. questions?
more questions? @ph1 http://blog.thepete.net
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