Appium Tutorial
Appium is an open source test automation framework.
It can be used to test:
- Native Applications (Android, IOS, etc.)
- Hybrid Applications (Applications built with the combined features of native and web technology)
- Web Applications
Goal of this Tutorial
In this tutorial, we shall setup the environment for working with Appium and get hands on with Android Testing.
- Appium with JavaScript
Appium with JavaScript
Software Prerequisites for Appium with JavaScript
Following are the list of prerequisites required to get started with Appium using JavaScript.
- Node
- NPM
To install Node, download latest node package from https://nodejs.org/download/release/latest/, unzip the package, and include the folder path in System Environment Path variable.
For complete step by step process, refer:
NPM gets included with Node during its installation.
Install Appium
Go to http://appium.io/.
Click on Download Appium. It redirects to a github page where all the sources and binaries or Appium are present.
https://github.com/appium/appium-desktop/releases/tag/v1.7.1
The above link may change from version to version. So, going through http://appium.io is advisable.
Based on your Operating System, you can choose a suitable download.
For this Appium Tutorial, we are using Windows 10 PC. So, we shall download appium-desktop-setup-1.7.1.exe.