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Mobile Test Automation with Appium

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Product type Book
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787280168
Pages 256 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Nishant Verma Nishant Verma
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Nishant Verma is a co-founder of TestVagrant Technologies. Its a service start-up addressing testing solutions for B2C companies with a focus on mobile and web, and helps companies deliver faster and reliably. Nishant has 11 years of experience in software development and testing. He has worked with IT companies such as ThoughtWorks Inc., Aditi Technologies, and Altisource. He has extensive experience in setting up agile testing practices, functional and non-functional test automation, mentoring, and coaching. In the past, he has worked on web UIs and specializes in building test solutions in the mobile domain. He has hands-on experience with test automation tools such as WebDriver (Selenium2), Calabash, Frank, Appium, Watin, Sikuli, QTP, and DeviceAnywhere. He actively maintains his own website on testing techniques, agile testing, automation techniques, and general learning. He has contributed to leading testing journals such as Testing Circus and Software Developer's Journal, and has been an active speaker at vodQA (testing event of Thoughtworks). Nishant has authored a reference book on how to use Appium for automating Android apps using Java, which is available on Gitbook. It has received close to 200,000 views, 40,000 readers online, and has been downloaded around 3,000 times.
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
1. Introduction to Appium 2. Setting Up the Machine 3. Writing Your First Appium Test 4. Understanding Desired Capabilities 5. Understanding Appium Inspector to Find Locators 6. How to Synchronize Tests 7. How to Automate Gestures 8. Design Patterns in Test Automation 9. How to Run Appium Test on Devices and Emulators 10. Continuous Integration with Jenkins 11. Appium Tips and Tricks 12. Appium Desktop App 13. Appendix

About the Reviewers

Jagannath Balachandran works as a lead consultant for ThoughtWorks India Pvt. Ltd. He has around 14 years of experience working with teams delivering software using agile and continuous delivery practices. He has extensively consulted clients on their journey toward continuous delivery.

Kapil Sethi is an agile practitioner with more than 12 years of experience in the software industry. He is a passionate advocate of shifting testing to the left most column in the agile development process and is a strong believer of the Testing Pyramid. He is a connoisseur of automation testing and has hands-on experience in designing automation testing frameworks using a variety of automation tools, such as WebDriver, Appium, Protractor, Applitools, Calabash, SoapUI, and QTP.

He has worked on numerous domains, including banking, mortgage, retail, e-commerce, and online gaming. His expertise involves helping development teams deliver quality products, coaching teams on agile adoption, transforming teams and thereby organizations, to make the working environment fun and passionate.

He is currently working with Nintex as an automation specialist. In the past, he has worked with companies such as MYOB, ThoughtWorks, Sapient, and Cognizant Technology Solutions, and performed the development lead, iteration manager, QA lead roles during his tenure.

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Authors (1)

Profile icon Nishant Verma
LinkedIn
Nishant Verma is a co-founder of TestVagrant Technologies. Its a service start-up addressing testing solutions for B2C companies with a focus on mobile and web, and helps companies deliver faster and reliably. Nishant has 11 years of experience in software development and testing. He has worked with IT companies such as ThoughtWorks Inc., Aditi Technologies, and Altisource. He has extensive experience in setting up agile testing practices, functional and non-functional test automation, mentoring, and coaching. In the past, he has worked on web UIs and specializes in building test solutions in the mobile domain. He has hands-on experience with test automation tools such as WebDriver (Selenium2), Calabash, Frank, Appium, Watin, Sikuli, QTP, and DeviceAnywhere. He actively maintains his own website on testing techniques, agile testing, automation techniques, and general learning. He has contributed to leading testing journals such as Testing Circus and Software Developer's Journal, and has been an active speaker at vodQA (testing event of Thoughtworks). Nishant has authored a reference book on how to use Appium for automating Android apps using Java, which is available on Gitbook. It has received close to 200,000 views, 40,000 readers online, and has been downloaded around 3,000 times.
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