Machine setup for Windows

Machine setup for Windows will be a little different from that of Mac as we don't have the concept of a package manager. We will need to download the individual installers and run them to install the software we need. Let's start with installing Java, Android SDK, and then appium.

Installing Java

Following are the steps to install Java:

1. Visit the JDK download page and download the (jdk-8uversion-windows-xxx.exe) package based on your machine configuration (either the amd64 or x64).
2. Install Java from the downloaded package.
3. Once installed, bring up the search box and type advanced system setting. Click on the View advanced system settings search result.
4. On the system properties window, click on the Advanced tab and click on Environment Variables.
5. Under the System variables section, click on New and add a variable name--JAVA_HOME--and check for the installed location of the JDK. It will be similar to C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.xxx.
6. Under the System variables section, scroll...