An Introduction to APPIUM

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What is APPIUM?

 


APPIUM is a Server which is used to automate Mobile Application hence, you can say that it is an Automation Tool which automates Mobile Application same as Selenium is used to automate Web Application.

APPIUM is an open source test automation tool developed and supported by Sauce Labs to automate native and hybrid mobile apps.

 It is basically know as a Cross-Platform Mobile Automation Tool.

 Automating hybrid, native mobile and Mobile Web applications for Android and iOS is a key function handled by Appium, a node.js server.

 One of the core tenets of Appium is that test codes can be written in any framework or language like Ruby, Python, Javascript, C# and Java without having to modify the apps for automation purposes. 

 The interaction between node.js server and Selenium client libraries is what ultimately works together with the mobile application. 

 Appium is open source and can seamlessly run on a variety of devices and emulators making it an apt choice for mobile test automation.


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