Fireside Chat between Ayan Khan and Jonathan Lipps
summary
Summer internship work adds an Appium 2.0 driver for custom hardware that successfully automates a nonstandard device, plus CLI support by exposing scripts field in driver package.json. Contribution workflow involves npm modules, console.log debugging to trace driver invocation, and collaborating with maintainers across companies. Outcome shows Appium 2.0’s third‑party drivers and plugins model lets external contributors publish reusable automation components without core changes, and enforces readable, codebase‑conformant patches.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:15Introductions
- 3:20Jonathans background
- 5:00Ayans background
- 6:40Jonathans first project
- 8:40Working on an open source team
- 11:00Working on Appium 20
- 12:55What Ayan learned
- 14:15Advice for newcomers
- 15:40Wrap up
- 17:10Questions
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