Automated Performance Testing for Desktop Applications by Ciprian Balea

THE SCARY QUESTION OF APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

How does it perform in real conditions?Never as first expected!

BENCHMARKING• What impact does the app have on the system running it? (is the

system still reliable)• How does the app perform when running on the host system?

(does it keep all functionality)

Ideally,• consuming as little resources as possible without loosing

functionality• the app should not break /slow the system down

HOW TO PREDICT THE FUTURE?

Run it multiple times and average out.

A single run doesn’t accurately predict real life usage.

HOW TO GET A CREDIBLE RESULT?

Avoid inconsistencies induced by the outside world => no Internet connection, own

webserver & assets

WHAT’S OUR APPLICATION ABOUT?

A Custom Web Browser

HARDWARE SETUP

BIG PROBLEM #1: HOW TO KNOW HOW MUCH TIME THE PAGE TOOK TO LOAD

Based on the HTML content, loading time cannot be computed (element loading order is not consistent across

multiple runs).

Small solution:

BIG PROBLEM #2: HOW TO READ SYSTEM RESOURCE USAGE WITHOUT 3RD PARTY TOOLS

Small solution (a):

BIG PROBLEM #2: HOW TO READ SYSTEM RESOURCE USAGE WITHOUT 3RD PARTY TOOLS

Small solution (b):

BIG PROBLEM #3: HOW TO MANIPULATE THE APPLICATION’S GUI

Small solution:

WHAT DATA WE COLLECT?• Test 1

• Webpage load time• CPU usage• Memory usage• Disk I/O

• Test 2• Timing a “complex” operation

TEST 1: READING SYSTEM

STATISTICS

HOW IS THE DATA COLLECTED?

Not at the start of the game

Not at the end of the game

Throughout the entire

HOW IS THE DATA COLLECTED?

RUNNING THE TEST• One test sequence:

• clear cache• open the browser• start reading system data• load webpage• close the browser• save result in an Excel spreadsheet

• Full test:• Restore the “clean” snapshot of the test

environment• Automatically runs the test sequence for

1000 times on the native browser• Automatically runs the test sequence for

1000 times on the custom browser

RUNNING THE TEST

TEST 2: TIMING A

“COMPLEX” OPERATION

Open the browser

Load a webpage

Bookmark page

Go to homepage

Open bookmark

Wait for page to load

RESULTS

CONCLUSIONSPerformance testing is very important as it can reveal performance flaws.

It is very time and effort consuming to do it manually.

It can be automated with some initial effort, but the returned value is huge.

Offers very conclusive results on what needs to be improved in the application to boost performance.

THANKS!Now let’s get to

Automated Performance Testing for Desktop Applications by Ciprian Balea

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