Appium: The Next Generation

Keynote presentation given at AppiumConf 2019 in Bengaluru, India.

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1. Appium: The Next Generation
   Jonathan Lipps • Founding Principal • Cloud Grey
   

   @AppiumDevs • @cloudgrey_io • @jlipps • appiumpro.com
   AppiumConf 2019 · Bengaluru
   June 14, 2019
   

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2. Founding Principal
   All The Things
   Jonathan Lipps • Founding Principal • Cloud Grey
   

   @AppiumDevs • @cloudgrey_io • @jlipps • appiumpro.com
   

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4. Recognition
   

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5. Changes
   

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6. @jlipps · cloudgrey.io
   The stakes are getting higher.
   Your job is getting more complex.
   How to keep up with it all?
   
   

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7. Visual Testing
   Performance Testing
   UX Testing
   A/V Testing
   …and more
   Beyond Functional Testing
   @jlipps · cloudgrey.io
   

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8. Has my app’s visual appearance changed?
   Intrusive or absent elements
   Style / design bugs
   Form factor / layout bugs
   I18N bugs
   Visual Testing
   @jlipps · cloudgrey.io
   

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9. Is my app responsive enough?
   Code blocking UI thread
   Slow network or poor network stack design
   Resource (CPU/Mem) overuse
   Old hardware or ignored locales
   Performance Testing
   @jlipps · cloudgrey.io
   

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10. Is my app’s media consumable? How would a
    human listener / viewer rate it?
    Dropped frames
    A/V failing to play
    Compression artifacts
    Streaming server issues
    A/V Testing
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11. @jlipps · cloudgrey.io
    Your job is getting more complex.
    Are your tools keeping up?
    
    

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12. Tool Fatigue
    @jlipps · cloudgrey.io
    Automation Tools
    CI/Build Tools
    App Dev Tools
    Network Simulation Tools
    Load Generation Tools
    A/V Capture Tools Test Frameworks
    Testcase Management
    Test Design Tools
    Image Comparison Tools
    Performance Monitoring
    API Testing Tools
    

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13. Image analysis
    UX data analysis
    Test metadata analysis
    Test authoring tools
    Test discovery / generation tools
    AI/ML for Testing
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14. @jlipps · cloudgrey.io
    Where does Appium fit?
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15. @jlipps · cloudgrey.io
    Appium is the common interface for
    platform automation
    
    

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16. Less cognitive overload: one API everywhere
    Platform extensibility: new Webdriver-compatible drivers are trivial to build
    Feature extensibility: single-purpose plugins (Appium 2.0)
    Mix and match the drivers and plugins you need (Appium 2.0)
    Big umbrella, big community, open perspective
    Benefits of Appium’s Philosophy
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17. @jlipps · cloudgrey.io
    Appium won’t do everything!
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18. @jlipps · cloudgrey.io
    Peaceful coexistence of an open source
    core and high-quality service ecosystem
    
    

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19. Image recognition (find element by image, image comparison)
    AI (test.ai classifier plugin)
    Batch commands for faster cloud execution
    Important platform updates and maintenance
    Adding new and useful features whenever possible
    But Appium will keep up!
    @jlipps · cloudgrey.io
    

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20. A Fun Example
    

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21. Back in 2016…
    

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22. (REBEL APPLIANCE SHIP FLEES
    THE GOOGLACTIC EMPIRE)
    Back in 2016…
    

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23. assertEqual(len(ship.torpedos), 4)
    trigger = driver.find_element_by_id(“proton_torpedo”)
    trigger.click()
    assertEqual(len(ship.torpedos), 2)
    Back in 2016…
    

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40. ⚠ Live Electronics Demo ⚠
    

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41. The WebDriver API is pretty flexible!
    Appium can run a lot of places, even on Rasberry PIs or other little things
    It was easy to create a driver for Rasberry PI GPIO header (< 250 LOC)
    Is IoT hardware automation useful? Unclear. But it’s fun!
    Get out there and do creative stuff with Appium!
    Conclusions
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42. @jlipps · cloudgrey.io
    Sorry, no music performance this year!
    
    

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43. @jlipps · cloudgrey.io
    When There Was Still Code to Write
    Planned Obsolescence
    Ghost in the Machine
    AppiumConf 2018
    LXJS 2014
    LXJS 2013
    Released everywhere 6/18!
    Follow @splendoursounds
    

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44. Thank You!
    Don’t forget to sign up for
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    appiumpro.com
    Jonathan Lipps • Founding Principal • Cloud Grey
    

    @AppiumDevs • @cloudgrey_io • @jlipps • appiumpro.com
    

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