gistfile1.rb

# SUMMARY

# This gist shows a performance test between a few different variations of Selenium,
# running against Rsel's unit-test sinatra site (https://github.com/a-e/rsel)

# It repeats these steps 20 times:
#
# - Click "About this site" link
# - Go back to the homepage
# - Click "Form test" link
# - Fill in a text field using an XPath locator
# - Go back to the homepage
# - Click "Table test" link
# - Go back to the homepage
#
# For each of three drivers:
#
# - Selenuim::Client::Driver (the deprecated API, using RC against a selenium-server running locally)
# - Selenium::WebDriver.for(:remote) (the new WebDriver API, also using RC against the same selenium-server)
# - Selenium::WebDriver.for(:firefox) (the new WebDriver API, driving Firefox directly)
#

# THE RESULTS
# (3 runs)

# ~/git/rsel/perf $ ./perf-test.rb
# Selenium::Client::Driver
# Loop time: 7.334946s
# Total time: 14.707187s
# Selenium::WebDriver.for(:remote)
# Loop time: 13.867896s
# Total time: 19.199194s
# Selenium::WebDriver.for(:firefox)
# Loop time: 12.82659s
# Total time: 19.909601s
#
# ~/git/rsel/perf $ ./perf-test.rb
# Selenium::Client::Driver
# Loop time: 7.275329s
# Total time: 14.86167s
# Selenium::WebDriver.for(:remote)
# Loop time: 13.906527s
# Total time: 18.953618s
# Selenium::WebDriver.for(:firefox)
# Loop time: 12.972183s
# Total time: 19.719022s
#
# ~/git/rsel/perf $ ./perf-test.rb
# Selenium::Client::Driver
# Loop time: 7.057336s
# Total time: 14.321859s
# Selenium::WebDriver.for(:remote)
# Loop time: 13.524225s
# Total time: 18.673041s
# Selenium::WebDriver.for(:firefox)
# Loop time: 13.35662s
# Total time: 19.994786s


# THE SCRIPT

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'time'
require 'selenium-client'
require 'selenium-webdriver'

first_name = ".//*[self::input | self::textarea | self::select][not(./@type = 'submit' or ./@type = 'image' or ./@type = 'hidden')][((./@id = 'First name' or ./@name = 'First name') or ./@id = //label[normalize-space(string(.)) = 'First name']/@for)] | .//label[normalize-space(string(.)) = 'First name']//.//*[self::input | self::textarea | self::select][not(./@type = 'submit' or ./@type = 'image' or ./@type = 'hidden')] | .//*[self::input | self::textarea | self::select][not(./@type = 'submit' or ./@type = 'image' or ./@type = 'hidden')][((./@id = 'First name' or ./@name = 'First name') or ./@id = //label[contains(normalize-space(string(.)), 'First name')]/@for)] | .//label[contains(normalize-space(string(.)), 'First name')]//.//*[self::input | self::textarea | self::select][not(./@type = 'submit' or ./@type = 'image' or ./@type = 'hidden')]"


start = Time.now
browser = Selenium::Client::Driver.new(
  :host => 'localhost',
  :port => 4444,
  :browser => '*firefox',
  :url => 'http://localhost:8070')
browser.start_new_browser_session
browser.open('/')

loop_start = Time.now
20.times do
  browser.click('link=About this site')
  browser.open('/')

  browser.click('link=Form test', :wait_for => :page)
  browser.type("xpath=" + first_name, 'Eric')
  browser.open('/')

  browser.click('link=Table test')
  browser.open('/')
end
loop_time = Time.now - loop_start

browser.close_current_browser_session
total_time = Time.now - start

puts "Selenium::Client::Driver"
puts "Loop time: #{loop_time}s"
puts "Total time: #{total_time}s"


start = Time.now
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for(:remote)
driver.navigate.to 'http://localhost:8070'


loop_start = Time.now
20.times do
  driver.find_element(:link, 'About this site').click
  driver.navigate.back

  driver.find_element(:link, 'Form test').click
  driver.find_element(:xpath, first_name).send_keys('Eric')
  driver.navigate.back

  driver.find_element(:link, 'Table test').click
  driver.navigate.back
end
loop_time = Time.now - loop_start

driver.quit
total_time = Time.now - start

puts "Selenium::WebDriver.for(:remote)"
puts "Loop time: #{loop_time}s"
puts "Total time: #{total_time}s"


start = Time.now
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for(:firefox)
driver.navigate.to 'http://localhost:8070'

loop_start = Time.now
20.times do
  driver.find_element(:link, 'About this site').click
  driver.navigate.back

  driver.find_element(:link, 'Form test').click
  driver.find_element(:xpath, first_name).send_keys('Eric')
  driver.navigate.back

  driver.find_element(:link, 'Table test').click
  driver.navigate.back
end
loop_time = Time.now - loop_start

driver.quit
total_time = Time.now - start

puts "Selenium::WebDriver.for(:firefox)"
puts "Loop time: #{loop_time}s"
puts "Total time: #{total_time}s"