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Brown Bag Session 2021

Background

In this repository, we will be dabbling into the following areas:

  1. Test Automation with Robot Framework
  2. Load Testing with Locust

Prerequisites

  • For Windows, you will need to enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux (requires reboot to take effect) and do additional setup.
  • If you are able to set up the either options available, please refer to the README.md.

If you prefer not to do any additional setup, you can use Repl.it, a browser based IDE with terminal (console and shell).

  • The instructions below will be based on using Repl.it.
  • A brief testing reveals that Repl is not able to meet the needs for load testing and mobile testing. You can still enjoy the GIF in the README.md XD
  • If you have the terminal setup, please use the instructions in README.md

Setup (Repl.it)

How to access the repository I have cloned?

For Linux distribution, Windows has stored it in your local AppData folder.

A general guide of the expected filepath to find via your File Explorer %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Packages\<DISTRO_FOLDER>\LocalState\rootfs

For the value of DISTRO_FOLDER If you are using Ubuntu LTS, you should try to find the folder prefixed as CanonicalGroupLimited.UbuntuonWindows

For more information: https://www.howtogeek.com/261383/how-to-access-your-ubuntu-bash-files-in-windows-and-your-windows-system-drive-in-bash/

Activity 1 - Test Automation with Robot Framework

The learning objective of this activity is to familiarize with Robot Framework and its keyword driven approach.

In this activity, we are going to try automating some steps that are commonly done manually. We will be using a test site (https://webscraper.io/test-sites/e-commerce) to try out the activity.

Let our starting point be at the Tablets section of the commerce test site.

Exercise 1

  • Using the Keywords available in SeleniumLibrary, write the script under the keyword Then I navigate to the first computer tablet.
  • Take a look at the GIF for the steps to automate.

Tip! Try using the Chrome Extension, Robotcorder, if you are not sure where/how to start.

website interaction

Exercise 2

  • Now that you are familiar with some of the keywords in SeleniumLibrary. Let's try Then I navigate to laptops page

Test Execution

The term directory and folder will be used interactively here.

  • Click on the shell tag to access the terminal.
  • Check your present working directory with the command ls to list the files and folders
  • If you are not in the right directory,
  • You can execute the script with the command robot Activity1.robot.
  • If you would like to utilize the tags to run a specific test case, you can use either -i to include test cases with specific tags. E.g. robot -i run Activity1.robot which means only run test cases that have been tagged with 'run'.

Optional Exercise: Mobile testing (Not workable on Repl.it)

I have attempted to install appium, however we do not have the permission to install anything beyond typical package manager.

  • The resources provided under /native includes a demo APK file and sample script from pCloudy's sample projects.
  • If you have Android Studio and a local Appium Server installed. You can try running it locally on your computer.
  • You can alternatively try the free trial on pCloudy's public device farm (https://www.pcloudy.com).

Activity 2 - Load Testing with Locust (Not workable on Repl.it)

The learning objective of this activity is to familiarize with Locust and observe how load testing works in a small scale.

As the distributed mode requires multiple terminal windows, the Repl.it doesn't allow opening of more than 1 shell.