Lighthouse metrics
Lighthouse is an open-source auditing tool from Google. It evaluates performance, accessibility, SEO and adherence to best practices. CloudQA adds Lighthouse metrics to functional and regression tests, so you handle performance and quality checks in one workflow.
Benefits
Section titled “Benefits”- Automated audits. Run performance, accessibility, SEO and best-practice checks inside your functional and regression tests.
- Unified reporting. See functional results and Lighthouse results together.
- Actionable insights. Get recommendations for page speed, accessibility, SEO and overall quality.
- One tool. Combine functional testing and performance auditing.
- Continuous monitoring. Track performance over time with scheduled suites.
Use Lighthouse metrics
Section titled “Use Lighthouse metrics”1. Turn them on
Section titled “1. Turn them on”Open Settings in the left pane, go to the Preferences table on the application settings page and enable Lighthouse Metrics.
2. Run a test
Section titled “2. Run a test”Open the Test Cases page and select Run to start a custom execution of the test case.
3. View the metrics
Section titled “3. View the metrics”Open the test case result and select the Lighthouse tab. To see data combined across every step where metrics were captured, select Lighthouse Metrics on the result page.
4. Include them in scheduled suites
Section titled “4. Include them in scheduled suites”Open the Test Suites page and select the schedule plan button to set a schedule that includes Lighthouse metrics.
5. Generate a report
Section titled “5. Generate a report”For a test case report, open the Test Cases page, select Reports and choose the performance summary.