gistfile1.rb

# ~/git/rsel $ ruby perf/simple-client.rb 
# Loop time: 10.555982s
# Total time: 18.245965s

# ~/git/rsel $ ruby perf/simple-webdriver.rb 
# Loop time: 18.025064s
# Total time: 24.989934s


# perf/simple-client.rb
require 'rubygems'
require 'time'
require 'selenium-client'

start = Time.now
browser = Selenium::Client::Driver.new(
  :host => 'localhost',
  :port => 4444,
  :browser => '*firefox',
  :url => 'http://localhost:8070')
browser.start_new_browser_session

loop_start = Time.now
100.times do
  browser.open('/')
  browser.click('link=About this site')
end
loop_time = Time.now - loop_start

browser.close_current_browser_session
total_time = Time.now - start

puts "Loop time: #{loop_time}s"
puts "Total time: #{total_time}s"


# perf/simple-webdriver.rb
require 'rubygems'
require 'time'
require 'selenium-webdriver'

start = Time.now
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :firefox
driver.navigate.to 'http://localhost:8070'

loop_start = Time.now
100.times do
  link = driver.find_element(:link, 'About this site')
  link.click
  driver.navigate.back
end
loop_time = Time.now - loop_start

driver.quit
total_time = Time.now - start

puts "Loop time: #{loop_time}s"
puts "Total time: #{total_time}s"