How to navigate to different pages and elements via Appium Inspector — In the previous parts of this series, we looked at the basic functionality of Appium Inspector:- creating sessions and inspecting elements. This article will walk through two different ways to navigate and interact with apps in Appium Inspector. On session creation, you only see the first page. …

How to use Appium Inspector’s GUI to get locators of elements. — In the previous article, we went through how to create sessions in Appium Inspector. In this article, we’ll start to explore some of the most basic functionality — inspecting the target element. Inspecting Elements When the inspector session starts, it will transition to the below screen:

How to use Appium Inspector’s GUI to create an inspection session — In previous articles, we focus on the set-up of Appium (XCUITest) Execution in Simulator. In most of those articles, I provided element Ids and XPaths to get there. In this article, I’ll briefly introduce how to set up and use Appium Inspector so that you can get these locators yourself. …

How to use automated tests to test responsive websites in Selenium WebDriver — Most modern websites are responsive, which essentially means that depending on the window size, the appearance of the page changes. The most common example of this is a nav bar shrinking for mobile view.

SSH Public Key Authentication on Windows — Continuous Testing, for the most part, is a process of executing automated end-to-end (via UI, preferably) as regression testing. This process can involve many steps, and each step should work without human intervention (at all). This is the idea behind Automation. One common trouble is authentication (such as checking out…

How to use VSCode on macOS to run C# Selenium tests — Readers of my and my father’s blog know that we love to use Ruby to script automated tests. Some might wonder, “Is your view on the best language for test automation changed? Also, C# on macOS?”. This is just a curious exercise for a request. …

An essential test-developing/debugging feature for wise test automation engineers. — In my First Day Setup series, I mentioned that my favourite feature of TestWise (a functional testing IDE) is running selected steps against the current browser. It enables you to run any test steps on a currently open browser and is extremely helpful for writing and debugging tests. This article…

How to use Selenium WebDriver to select and validate a Google Map address — Integrating Google Maps to validate an address is a common feature on web pages. This article shows how to automate that in raw Selenium WebDriver. Table of Contents: · Test Design ∘ Execution (Video) · Test Script: ∘ Refinement ∘ Refactoring · Zhimin’s Notes Test Design:

Two methods for inspecting disappearing dynamic elements — Dynamic elements are generated on the fly on a web page. This means they often do not exist in the static page source. This is a challenge for web test automation. The only practical way (I am aware of) is to get it by Inspecting the dynamic element directly. However…