{"id":47429,"date":"2014-06-29T17:41:22","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T14:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=47429"},"modified":"2021-08-31T23:06:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T20:06:54","slug":"ruby-integration-testing-tools-population-census-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ruby-integration-testing-tools-population-census-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruby Integration Testing Tools: Population Census 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ruby-integration-testing-tools-population-census-2014\/#2010_vs_2014\" >2010 vs. 2014<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/ruby-integration-testing-tools-population-census-2014\/#Further_reading\" >Further reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2010_vs_2014\"><\/span>2010 vs. 2014<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Hi colleagues. Over the past four years, the world of tools for integration testing has been changed a lot. In 2010, the technology stack looked like shown below.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ruby-integration-testing-stack-2010.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ruby-integration-testing-stack-2010.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57908\" \/><\/a><small>Ruby integration testing tools in 2010 (<a href=\"http:\/\/johng.co.uk\/2010\/10\/11\/the-crazy-state-of-cross-browser-integration-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Image credit<\/a>)<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In 2014, the scene has changed, and new tooling came into the view.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ruby-integration-testing-stack-2014.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ruby-integration-testing-stack-2014.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"536\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57912\" \/><\/a><small>Ruby integration testing tools in 2014 (Image credit)<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Hope it helped to eliminate mess in your head. Feel free to comment if there is any discrepancy.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, I&#8217;d like to introduce a performance comparison of some combinations.<\/p>\n<p><center><small><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 70%\">\n<tr style=\"background-color:#898f98;color:white;\">\n<th style=\"width: 50%\"><center>Combination<\/center><\/th>\n<th><center>Spent time<\/center><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>capybara-poltergeist-phantomjs<\/td>\n<td>0.905939<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>capybara-racktest<\/td>\n<td>0.164243<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>capybara-selenium-chrome<\/td>\n<td>9.512472<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>capybara-selenium-firefox<\/td>\n<td>19.975556<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>capybara-selenium-htmlunit<\/td>\n<td>9.508733<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>capybara-selenium-phantomjs<\/td>\n<td>17.783997<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>capybara-webkit<\/td>\n<td>1.211507<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sahi-chrome<\/td>\n<td>25.997508<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sahi-firefox<\/td>\n<td>32.630895<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>sahi-phantomjs<\/td>\n<td>doesn&#8217;t work<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>watir-selenium-chrome<\/td>\n<td>10.531617<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>watir-selenium-firefox<\/td>\n<td>21.71715<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>watir-selenium-phantomjs<\/td>\n<td>19.585553<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/small><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">capybara-racktest<\/code> is the fastest combination, but it doesn&#8217;t support JavaScript. Consider <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">capybara-poltergeist-phantomjs<\/code> and <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">capybara-webkit<\/code> combinations for your application.<\/p>\n<p><small>P.S. Sahi is really buggy and has poor ruby support. Don&#8217;t spend time on it.<\/small><\/p>\n<p>You can find source code of the tests in <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/melnikaite\/ritt_performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this GitHub repo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Further_reading\"><\/span>Further reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/speeding-up-ruby-tests\/\">Speeding Up Ruby Tests<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/running-capybara-tests-in-remote-browsers\/\">Running capybara tests in remote browsers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/how-to-integrate-independent-qa-testing-to-shorten-development-cycles\/\">How to Integrate Independent QA Testing to Shorten Development Cycles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Structure of actual in 2014 year tools for integration testing in 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