Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side performance analysis : basics

1. Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side
performance analysis : basics
Minsk 2014
Tsimafei Avilin
Lead Software Test Automation Engineer - EPAM

2. PURPOSES
CSPA & WebDriver - Agenda
CSPA – what? why? how?
CSPA – process initiation
CSPA & WebDriver
Tools & Examples
References
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performance analysis
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3. CSPA & WebDriver
CSPA: WHEN DOES IT
BEGIN?
Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side
performance analysis

4. PURPOSES
CSPA – client-side begins…
Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side
performance analysis

5. CSPA & WebDriver
STANDARD CSP
PROBLEMS
Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side
performance analysis

6. STANDARD PROBLEMS
CSPA – standard problems
• Main:
 javascript (memory leaking,
loops, GC, etc.);
 pictures;
 gzip archive, DOM,
 See e.g. Yslow rules here
• Rare: css, silverlight, flash
Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side
performance analysis

7. CSPA & WebDriver
WHEN TO START CSPA?
Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side
performance analysis

8. REFERENCES
STARTING CSPA
Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side
performance analysis

9. CSPA & WebDriver
CSPA &WEBDRIVER
Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side
performance analysis

10. REFERENCES
• WebDriver + BrowserMob
Proxy
• Collect
sessions/statistics (HAR
files)
• WebDriver + dynaTrace
appl -> does work;
• WebDriver + dynaTrace
.dll -> does NOT work;
CSPA&WebDriver
Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side
performance analysis

11. CSPA & WebDriver
TOOLS&EXAMPLES
Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side
performance analysis

12. REFERENCES
TOOLS & EXAMPLES
ONLINE SERVICES
• Yslow http://www.yslow.org
• PageSpeed LINK
• GTmetrix http://gtmetrix.com/
• webpagetest http://www.webpagetest.org/
ALL
FREE!
DESKTOP
• dynaTrace AJAX edition LINK +command line + LINK
Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side
performance analysis

13. CSPA & WebDriver
REFERENCES
Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side
performance analysis

14. REFERENCES
REFERENCES
• YSLOW http://www.yslow.org
• JAKOB SCHROETER “CLIENT-SIDE WEB PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION” (2011) LINK
• MARCEL DURAN “PROACTIVE WEB PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION” (RUM + (YSLOW +
WPT) CI) (2012) LINK
• COLT MCANLIS “A PERFORMANCE CHECKLIST FOR THE MOBILE WEB” (2013) LINK
• МАРИНА ШИРОЧКИНА “ТЕСТИРОВАНИЕ ПРОИЗВОДИТЕЛЬНОСТИ КЛИЕНТСАЙДА” (2013)
LINK
• АЛЕКСЕЙ БАРАНЦЕВ “ТЕСТИРОВАНИЕ ПРОИЗВОДИТЕЛЬНОСТИ КЛИЕНТСАЙДА: ПРИКВЕЛ”
(2014) LINK
• ULADZIMIR KRYVENKA “BROWSERMOB PROXY: ТЕСТИРОВАНИЕ ПРОИЗВОДИТЕЛЬНОСТИ
КЛИЕНТСКОЙ ЧАСТИ ВЕБ-ПРИЛОЖЕНИЙ” (2014) LINK
• BOOMERANG GITHUB.COM/LOGNORMAL/BOOMERANG LINK
• DYNATRACE COMMUNITY LINK
Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side
performance analysis

15. Thanks!!!
Re-using WebDriver-based tests for client-side
performance analysis