Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. Node.js comes with npm – node package manager, a free software registry which contains hundreds of thousands of code packages. This article provides the steps using which you can download and install Node.js and npm. Steps to Download Node.js Follow the […]
2 Ways to find appPackage and appActivity name of your App
When you write test scripts with Appium, it usually involves launching an app first and then performing some actions on it. For example, let us suppose that you are testing WhatsApp. And your test case is to verify that you can send and receive messages. To test this, your code would first launch WhatsApp and […]
Appium Desktop – Download and Install
Important Note: As per the update on 25 April 2023 at Appium Github, Appium Desktop is unsupported and no longer maintained since it is not compatible with Appium 2.0+. Hence, instead of this article, refer to our new article on how to download Appium 2 Appium Desktop is the open-source GUI app that helps you […]
Install additional Android SDK tools
This article is a continuation of our previous article where you downloaded and installed Android Studio. In this article, you will download and install additional Android SDK tools, if required. Please note that with newer versions of Android Studio, all the important components are already installed (some of these components are installed when you open […]
Download and Install Android
Welcome to the Android Setup section of our Appium Tutorial series. In the next 3 articles in this tutorial series, we will provide a detailed guide to help you download and install Android Studio, then set it up properly on your machine (including adding environment variables) so that you get one step closer to completing […]
Setup Java Environment Variables
This article provides you with detailed steps on how to setup Java environment variables – mainly JAVA_HOME and PATH variables. These environment variables point to the folder location where Java is installed. These variables are mainly required by some external programs and tools to figure out where Java is installed on your machine. In our […]