iOS Testing With Appium at Gilt

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Automating mobile tests for Gilt's iOS app presented many challenges. While Appium provided a way to write cross-platform tests, implementing full accessibility and mocking complex infrastructure required significant effort. Getting developer buy-in was also difficult as testing was seen as extra work rather than integral to the development process. Overall, mobile testing faced cultural hurdles compared to web.

iOS Testing with Appium
Details learned the hard way

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Gilt Mobile
Covers apps + mobile infrastructure.
Team of 12 (And counting).
QA Team oﬀsite.

Previously form Gilt Mobile
Test beneﬁts need to be balanced with eﬀort.
UI Tests oﬀer the most beneﬁt to QA.
Increased revenue → Quality focus.
Really hard to change established practices.

What are we automating?
Full sanity - Can customers login in and buy stuﬀ?
iPhone only. For now.

Run daily at 19:15 EST…
Tests take a long time.
Can conﬂict with customers.

…On Production
Infrastructure is quite complex.
Infrastructure is constantly evolving.
Impractical to mock.

Why Appium?
We’ve already built Selenium infrastructure.
We already have Selenium skills.

All part of the Philosophy!
No SDK to compile in.
Strong open source community.
Cross-platform support.

No libs? What is this sorcery?
Appium serves as a webdriver proxy for UIAutomation.
Part of instruments.

Accessibility makes it work
UIAutomation drives apps via iOS Accessibility.
Elements located by accessibility labels.

Where do we start?
We already have the Selenium fundamentals.
We’re already mostly accessible.
Lets build some page objects.

Convention on top of Actions and Locators.
Page validated during construction.
Actions return new page objects.
What are Page Objects?

When to wait? - Page object construction.
Page objects represent state.
Actions → State transitions
Solves some reliability issues

Sore points.
Accessibility.
Overlays and pass-throughs.
Partially obscured controls.
Execution time.

About that Accessibility thing
You’re probably not accessible enough.
Container views hide their contents!

Accessibility isn't overhead
Good for your users and your tests.
UIAccessibilityIdentiﬁer is for tests.
Implementing UIAccessibilityContainer helps.

That’s a lot of work
Accessibility feels like overhead.
Rich Views → Complex Page Objects

But wait! There’s more work!
We still need to write the actual tests.
Page Objects might require some debugging.

Debug Page Objects?
Test code needs tests?

Issue ampliﬁed by culture
No problem in enterprise.
Mobile seems to be diﬀerent.

– NSHipster
“Objective-C developers have, for the most
part, remained relatively apathetic to Unit
Testing.”

Issue ampliﬁed by culture
App features take priority.
Testing delegated to QA.
QA is doing a great job!

Artist dont Test!
They might if it doesn’t get in the way.

The hardest part
Getting the team involved.

Not knocking the team
People are busy.
They understand the beneﬁts of testing.
Beneﬁts need to be balanced with eﬀort.

The Takeaway
The overhead involved is a developer deterrent.
Appium tests are not yet integral to our process.
But Appium is only getting better.

Buy some cool stuﬀ!!
Preferably on mobile.

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1. iOS Testing with Appium Details learned the hard way

2. What is Gilt?

3. Luxe brands up to 60% oﬀ

4. Inventory Changes Daily Sales are available for a limited time.

5. Sales start at noon ET. New sales start daily at 12pm, with bonus sales at 9pm.

6. Gilt Mobile Covers apps + mobile infrastructure. Team of 12 (And counting). QA Team oﬀsite.

7. iPhone • iPad • Android

8. Previously form Gilt Mobile Test benefits need to be balanced with effort. UI Tests offer the most benefit to QA. Increased revenue → Quality focus. Really hard to change established practices.

9. What are we automating? Full sanity - Can customers login in and buy stuﬀ? iPhone only. For now.

10. Run daily at 19:15 EST… Tests take a long time. Can conﬂict with customers.

11. …On Production Infrastructure is quite complex. Infrastructure is constantly evolving. Impractical to mock.

12. Why Appium? We’ve already built Selenium infrastructure. We already have Selenium skills.

13. All part of the Philosophy! No SDK to compile in. Strong open source community. Cross-platform support.

14. No libs? What is this sorcery? Appium serves as a webdriver proxy for UIAutomation. Part of instruments.

15. Accessibility makes it work UIAutomation drives apps via iOS Accessibility. Elements located by accessibility labels.

16. Where do we start? We already have the Selenium fundamentals. We’re already mostly accessible. Lets build some page objects.

17. Convention on top of Actions and Locators. Page validated during construction. Actions return new page objects. What are Page Objects?

18. When to wait? - Page object construction. Page objects represent state. Actions → State transitions Solves some reliability issues

19. Sore points. Accessibility. Overlays and pass-throughs. Partially obscured controls. Execution time.

21. About that Accessibility thing You’re probably not accessible enough. Container views hide their contents!

22. Accessibility isn't overhead Good for your users and your tests. UIAccessibilityIdentiﬁer is for tests. Implementing UIAccessibilityContainer helps.

23. That’s a lot of work Accessibility feels like overhead. Rich Views → Complex Page Objects

24. But wait! There’s more work! We still need to write the actual tests. Page Objects might require some debugging.

25. Debug Page Objects? Test code needs tests?

26. (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ Too. Much. Work.

27. Issue ampliﬁed by culture No problem in enterprise. Mobile seems to be diﬀerent.

28. – NSHipster “Objective-C developers have, for the most part, remained relatively apathetic to Unit Testing.”

29. Issue ampliﬁed by culture App features take priority. Testing delegated to QA. QA is doing a great job!

30. Artist dont Test! They might if it doesn’t get in the way.

31. The hardest part Getting the team involved.

32. Not knocking the team People are busy. They understand the benefits of testing. Benefits need to be balanced with effort.

33. The Takeaway The overhead involved is a developer deterrent. Appium tests are not yet integral to our process. But Appium is only getting better.

34. Buy some cool stuﬀ!! Preferably on mobile.

35. Give us a visit tech.gilt.com @gilttech

36. Thanks! Matt Isaacs @haveahennessy

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