As an open-source exam mechanisation framework, Appium is progressively become a puppet of choice for mobile test automation. It allow team to test change mobile applications (native, intercrossed, and mobile web), supports multiple scheduling languages, and works seamlessly with iOS and Android operating systems, as good as a range of devices and emulators/simulators.

But what if you are looking to perform machine-driven tests on native and hybrid mobile device? Or need to inspect and identify details of web element?

Well, with the addition of Appium Desktop to this fabric, you can fulfill all of this and more! As an open-source application for Windows, Mac, and Linux, Appium Desktop allows you to experience the power of Appium mechanisation in a simpler, more intuitive graphical UI, and provides the flexibility to expeditiously make test handwriting on all the supported operating systems.

In this six-part Tech Talk series, Wim Selles, a Senior Solutions Architect at Sauce Labs, will provide you with the foundational knowledge to get started with Appium Desktop and walking you through the key steps that will gift you to become an Appium Desktop Ninja and successfully fulfil your roving automation initiative.

In the initiatory chapter, focusing on the theory and ground of Appium, Wim give you a peep into the history of Appium and enclose the thriving community that works relentlessly to make it better. Here is what you will learn in this session:

• What Appium is—and the different character of apps you can automate with it

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• Important deviation between Appium and former frameworks such as Espresso and XCUITest

• How Appium works with a detailed diagram (iOS sample) demonstrating the operation of the drivers within

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Ready for the next steps? Start hither: