6 Years of Appium
summary
A lightweight Python shell-eval hack that fed commands through text files turns into a stable WebDriver-based broker that automates iOS, Android, Windows and macOS apps without modifying apps. The project accumulates hundreds of contributors and 7,000+ GitHub stars, integrates XCUI/UIAutomator and Selenium for hybrids, and ships fixes to hide platform quirks. Roadmap explores a “StarDriver” to describe device capabilities so new hardware becomes automatable on day one.
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chapters (47)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:52First things first
- 1:02The bug with American passports
- 1:29Dubai
- 2:37Tombstone
- 2:56Testing
- 3:24DVD
- 4:05Selenium
- 5:29Apple Sandbox
- 6:24Apple Script
- 6:59What is PM
- 7:18Supported languages
- 7:35HTTP API
- 8:36Philosophy
- 9:33Growth
- 11:31Tell people about it
- 12:47Where we went
- 13:16Military Themed Conference
- 14:08Costumes
- 14:19Food
- 14:32Flight
- 14:47Poland
- 15:09Lithuania
- 15:42Open Source
- 17:23Scaling
- 18:15Conflict
- 19:34Open Technologies
- 20:48Appium Evolution
- 21:15Windows and Mac Support
- 22:18Appium Project
- 23:01Where are we going
- 23:15Future of Bits
- 23:40Musical Notation
- 24:42Musical Instruments
- 26:12Complexity in Automation
- 26:30Automation is Generalizable
- 26:56Appium Conference
- 27:33BAM
- 29:02Devices
- 29:13Operating System
- 29:58Example
- 30:31New Things
- 32:04Be inclusive
- 33:05Documentation
- 33:23Lessons Learned
- 36:21Steve Jobs Quote
- 38:39Questions
