Test automation is one of the most effective ways to produce robust, high-quality, and reliable applications. It also enhances test effectiveness, test efficiency, and ensures a more efficient way to market for the applications whilst ensuring optimal UX. At present, there are various test automation frameworks and tools available on...
Appium & Selenium Fundamentals Course Now Available
We started HeadSpin University with the mission to help people of all levels of expertise become test automation experts through high-quality, in-depth training for the software automation industry. Last year, we took our first steps toward that mission by welcoming users to the learning platform and its first two introductory...
The Future of Automation Testing for Media Devices
Listen to Jonathan Lipps, Appium architect and director of HeadSpin University, talk about the future of automation testing for media/OTT and other specialized devices. Synopsis One of the biggest visions for Appium is that it can basically help provide automation support for any application platform. If we call it an...
Automating Mobile Web Browsers with Appium
Appium has taken the Automation world by storm recently. A majority of the customers I talk to work with it exclusively to test their Android and iOS apps. A common issue they struggle with is knowing how to use automation to test their websites on real devices, instead of relying...
How to Integrate Audio APIs into Your Appium Automation Scripts
Have you ever had trouble testing the audio functionality of your mobile application? Capturing, injecting, and comparing audio has historically been a tricky area in mobile automation testing. Even trying to validate something as simple as checking if the correct audio plays during a prescribed action can be a daunting...
Writing an Appium test in Kotlin
Kotlin is a modern programming language that focuses on conciseness, clarity, and code safety. Google officially adopted Kotlin by adding support into Android Studio in 2017 and since then has announced it as the preferred language for Android developers at Google I/O 2019. Perhaps your Android app team has incrementally added...
How to Automate the Zoom Video Meetings App
[This post originally appeared on appiumpro.com] Last week I tried something new: Automation Happy Hour. In this live stream event, I downloaded the Zoom app for Android and tried to build a simple testsuite for it in about an hour. I think this type of real-world "case study" is really interesting. My...
Appium Workshop: From Intermediate to Advanced in Two Days
The HeadSpin Team attends an Appium workshop that has an incredible impact on their skills.
Tips for Speeding Up Your Remote Appium Sessions
I am the founder of this consulting firm called CloudGrey, where we focus on mobile automation and helping clients get their mobile automation strategy going and whether they should use Appium or something else, training teams, stuff like that. I also work with the Appium open source project and have...
Appium Tools for Rapid Development of Functional & Performance Tests
A Brief Overview of Functional and Performance Testing So I just want to give a little bit of a refresher on the types of testing that we're considering today. First of all we have functional testing, which I'm sure many of you are quite familiar with already. But if you...