This document discusses WD.js, a Node.js library for functional testing web applications using the WebDriver protocol. It provides a small, easy to install library for running JavaScript tests across browsers and mobile devices. The document outlines the ecosystem of related libraries, demonstrates WD.js, and discusses lessons learned around test organization, parallelization, and speeding up the testing process.

1. WD.js
Functional Testing with Node
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2. ME: GITHUB.COM/ADMC
• OSAF 2007, released Windmill Project
• Slide 2008, released WatiN, FlexPilot
• Mozilla 2009, released MozMill
• Sauce Labs 2010 - 2012
• Se Builder, FlexPilot
• Jellyfish, WD

3. JS Test Stack
Test Stack
Manual, otherwise still not
impressed.
WebDriver: WD (pronounced wood),
WebDriverJS, webdriver-js
Zombie.js, Phantom, Tobi
QUnit
Jasmine
Vows
Mocha

4. Jellyfish
• run JS everywhere
• headless & browsers
• one library, easy install
• mobile
• over zealous

5. WD.js, why?
• small project
• node.js -> web driver
• 3 methods
• easy to install (npm rocks)

6. Open Source
ROCKS!
<-- Thanks! (minus me) :)

7. Contributions
• code organization
• json wire protocol methods
• leak detection
• chaining, parallelization
• documentation
• tests (for realz) - wanna see?

8. Ecosystem
• node-wd-sync: sync version of WD.js
• node-wd-zombie: WD.js API for Zombie.js
• both support coffeescript
• parallel-wd: multiple browser configs
• burnout: async, chainable, dry- library
• wd-unit: runner for jasmine, qunit (in
progress)

9. Zombie.js
• 2001, I helped save lost pets
• code sample
• fast!
• frustrating API
• project needs attention

10. DEMO
- LPN: JS, Coffee
- Guinea-pig: JS, Coffee
- WD-Sync: Parallel and Non

11. Test Writing is :-(
• github.com/admc/sebuilder
• (FF extension)
• plugin architecture in progress
• WD exporter in progress
• will help speed up the process

12. Lessons
• abstract locators
• pre-run with headless
• parallelize
• continuous integration
• holy grail

13. The Holy Grail

14. All the Links
WD.js: https://github.com/admc/wd
Parallel-WD: https://github.com/OniOni/parallel-wd
Node-WD-Sync: https://github.com/sebv/node-wd-sync
Node-WD-Zombie: https://github.com/sebv/node-wd-zombie
Mocha: http://visionmedia.github.com/mocha
Vows: http://vowsjs.org/
QUnit: http://docs.jquery.com/Qunit
Zombie.JS: https://github.com/assaf/zombie
Se-Builder: http://www.sebuilder.com
Selenium/WebDriver: http://seleniumhq.org/
Selenium Grid: http://selenium-grid.seleniumhq.org
Burnout: https://github.com/cdata/burnout

15. Thanks!
Questions?
@admc