FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I run tests like clicking buttons instead of simply scrolling the page?

Use the browser-perf node module, and define custom actions.

How can I test a page that requires login?

You can use the prescript option to log in and ensure that a cookie is set. When running the test, the cookie will still be used and you will be able to test the page as a logged in user.

Any recommendations on how to store and view this data later?

Perfjankie is a module built on top of browser-perf that saves the results and HTML to display graphs in a CouchDB database. We use it for generating graphs like this and this.

What if I run into errors/cannot run the tests?

The steps to debug the issue would be

1. Is selenium running?
2. Can you open a browser using selenium? You can use the wd module directly to see if selenium works.
3. Run browser-perf with a debug flag and verbose flags. This will leave the browser windows open after the tests and give you extensive logging.
4. Contact us if you still encounter issues.