Mobile Testing with Appium

Course details

Appium is the most popular and comprehensive tool for automating mobile application testing. Write scripts in any language—Java, Python, Ruby, or JavaScript—and test on any device: iOS or Android. Anyone involved in mobile QA who wants to save time and energy on testing should have at least a basic understanding of Appium. In this course, Jonathan Lipps, Appium project lead, takes you through the code-based automation workflow in Appium. Discover how to prepare your system for Appium, get it running, and set up a test code environment. Learn how to launch automation sessions with native mobile apps on iOS and Android and perform basic interactions with on-screen elements. From there Jonathan tackles more advanced topics, like synthesizing touch gestures. Each lesson helps you unlock new levels of quality and efficiency in your app development cycle.

Learning objectives
Appium server, clients, and drivers
Appium setup
Starting and stopping sessions
Finding and using elements
Intermediate Appium scripting
Touch actions
Mobile web testing

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - What can you do with Appium
02 - What you should already know

1. Appium

03 - The relationship between Appium and Selenium
04 - The Appium server and clients
05 - The Appium drivers

2. Appium Setup

06 - System setup for iOS
07 - System setup for Android
08 - Installing Appium

3. Appium Sessions

09 - Session capabilities
10 - Starting and stopping a session

4. Finding and Using Elements

11 - Locator strategies and finding elements - Theory
12 - Locator strategies and finding elements - Practice
13 - Waiting for elements - Theory
14 - Waiting for elements - Practice
15 - Basic element interaction
16 - Element discovery - Getting app source
17 - Element discovery - Appium inspector
18 - Challenge - Find a new element
19 - Solution - Find a new element

5. Intermediate Appium Scripting

20 - XPath - Its uses and caveats
21 - Touch actions - Theory
22 - Touch actions - Practice
23 - Mobile web testing - Theory
24 - Mobile web testing - Practice
25 - Challenge - Automate a web form
26 - Solution - Automate a web form

Conclusion

27 - Next steps and more resources