Creating an Open Source Project 0 to 100,000 Users
Selenium Conference 2016Bangalore
Advanced
Dan CuellarCreator of AppiumHead of Software Testing at
FOODitPreviously at Shazam, Zoosk, and MicrosoftBS in Computer
Science from Carnegie Mellon
About the Speaker
Where is Dan?
Brief Overview
Whats New in Appium 1.5
Mac & Windows Apps
Advanced AppiumVisual TestingMechanical TestingGrab BagMultiple
DevicesHow to Read SMSSpeeding up the iOS SimulatorNetwork
ConditioningUseful Capabilities
Ask Me AnythingAgenda
Evolution
The Most Terrifying 5 Words IN TESTING
This All Sounds Familiar
Everything is not Awesome
Time to Spread the Word
Use standardized and sanctioned APIs and techniques
Code in the language of your choiceJava, C#, Python, Ruby,
Objective-C, node.js, PHP, and more
Do not modify the application under test
Keep it free and open source
Appium Philosophy
An implementation of the Selenium JSON-wire protocol that
controls native and hybrid iOS and Android applicationThe most
popular open source mobile functional testing frameworkWhat is
Appium?
Test ScriptJSON-Wire Protocol Request
JSON-Wire Protocol Response
HTTPHow Does it Work?
In the last 3 yearsOver 3,500 Stars, 2,000 Forks on GitHubOver
150 Contributors and 5,000 commitsOver 150,000 downloads of Appium
1.0Over 3,500 issues closedBy the Numbers
Whats New
Complete rewrite of the entire codebaseContinuous Integration
and Unit TestsCommand line arguments are mostly capabilities
nowCode of Conduct and Governance
Whats New?
3 years of patches and organic growthMany complaints about
instabilityCode was not modular enoughOld and confusing ES5
codeCallback HellPoorly Tested
Why Rewrite?
Windows Phone and Windows 10 application supportNew GUIsMultiple
New iOS BackendsAndroid backend rewrite using UIAutomator 2Better
docs and onboarding materialAppium FoundationComing Soon
Desktop Apps
https://github.com/Microsoft/WinAppDriverWindows Support
Windows Supporthttps://github.com/2gis/Winium
Mac Apps
https://github.com/appium/appium-for-mac
Advanced
Multiple Devices
Part Deux
Add visual validation to your existing Appium testsCover
content, data, layout and appearance of all the UI elements with a
single checkpoint for an entire pageValidate the look & feel of
your application/website UI on all platformsAutomated maintenance
of the baseline images across multiple devices / screen sizes
Visual Testing
Find By
Imagehttps://medium.com/@SimonKaz/appium-with-image-recognition-17a92abaa23d#.cdfhwinzk
Robot
Calibrate the robot to map points in the physical world to
points on a device screenRun an app on the device with Appium that
can tell you what coordinates are being touchedTouch three places
on the device and record the physical and device-centric
coordinatesBuild a matrix to translate any point between the two
systemsIntercept touch actions with the Appium Server and send them
to the robotHow Does it Work?
The Math
Grab Bag
WebDriverAgenthttps://github.com/facebook/WebDriverAgentMultiple
SimulatorsAll ApplicationsXCUITestCreated by AppleBetter support
for future versions of iOSNew iOS Backends
SMS as Alert
Xcode 7 and iOS 9 do not support installing the speedup tool
automatically that previous versions of Appium usedNo worries, you
can install it
manuallyhttps://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/advanced-concepts/iwd_xcode7.mdNow
your iOS tests will be fast againSlow iOS Simulator
AndroidautoWebView start in the webview context (really useful
for Cordova apps)AndroidignoreUnimportantViews can speed up your
Android testsnativeWebScreenshot takes the screenshot from
UIAutomator instead of chromedriverCapabilities
iOSlocationServicesAuthorized pre-authorizes location services
(prevents an alert)Auto[Accept|Dismiss]Alerts useful to prevent
alertsnativeWebTap uses non-javascript taps on web
contentsafariIgnoreFraudWarning allows https without proper
certsinterKeyDelay - time between keystrokessendKeyStrategy
(oneByOne, grouped, or setValue)Capabilities
driver.setNetworkConnection(value) [Android only]
Network ConditioningValue (Alias)DataWifiAirplane Mode0
(None)0001 (Airplane Mode)0012 (Wifi only)0104 (Data only)1006 (All
Network on)110
Ask Me Anything
Takeaway
Personal TAKEAWAYLife can be much broader once you discover one
simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up
by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you
can influence it, you can build your own things that other people
can use.
Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again.
-Steve Jobs
