The document discusses automation testing for mobile apps using Appium. Appium allows for cross-platform mobile app testing by using the same tests across iOS and Android platforms. It functions by proxying commands to the devices to run tests using technologies like UIAutomation for iOS and UiAutomator for Android. While useful for local testing, Appium has limitations for scaling tests in continuous integration environments, where services like Sauce Labs are better suited.

1. automation for mobile apps
Jonathan Lipps | @jlipps | Sauce Labs

2. Mobile is taking over the
world. Where is our mobile
automation? Our mobile CI?

3. It's a multi-platform age.
Mass adoption requires
cross-platform apps.

4. appium is the cross-platform
solution for native and hybrid
mobile automation

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appium philosophy
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6. Rule 1
Test the same app you submit to
the marketplace

7. Rule 2
Write your tests in any language,
using any framework

8. Rule 3
Use a standard automation
specification and API

9. Rule 4
Build a large and thriving open-
source community effort

10. appium in space!
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11. iOS
Android
calabash-ios
Frank
UIAutomation
ios-driver
KeepItFunctional
calabash-android
MonkeyTalk
Robotium
UiAutomator
selendroid

13. Selenium WebDriver is the
standard for browser automation,
with libraries in every* language

14. Selenium WebDriver is used
every single day by thousands of
developers familiar with its model

15. Selenium WebDriver is a W3C
working draft

16. appium architecture
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17. appium is an HTTP server that
creates and handles WebDriver
sessions

18. appium starts a "test case" on the
device that spawns a server and
listens for proxied commands

19. On iOS, appium proxies
commands to a UIAutomation
script running in Instruments

21. On Android, appium proxies
commands to a UiAutomator
test case running on the device

23. appium in action
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24. appium opens the door to cross-
platform mobile testing: one
test, two mobile platforms

25. Demo app
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35. appium is great for local test
development, but has limitations
when scaling up for use in CI

36. Sauce Labs is great for scale
when you need to run a lot of
appium tests in your build

37. saucelabs.com/appium

38. Questions?

39. appium.io
github.com/appium/appium
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