Appium

What differentiates Appium from other similar products?

Appium is having lot of unique feature some of the unique features are , 1> Mobile OS independent whether it is android or IOS. you can comfortably automate easily. 2> Appium is an open source platform. It is having an large helpful community. 3> It supports multiple programming language like java, python, ruby and lot more. 4> Compilation and modification of the application is not required each time during automation process. 5> Very highly active with new updates regularly with required features.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Appium is very useful for mobile application testing and automation of test cases using scripting. Some of them are, 1>Very useful for searching Xpath for automation. Here it's easy to search Xpath, Class, ResourceId from appium. 2>You can use it across multiple platforms. 3>Capable enough to handle native, hybrid and mobile web applications. 4>Having an interactive user interface to assist in designing cases by previewing app screens is very helpful. 5>It's really easy to configure and use appium. 6>You can easily integrate it with your different IDE like Eclipse, Netbeans etc. 7>Inspector helps in identifying the elements easily.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Appium is a great product but some more feature and improvement can make it more better and effective in market. Some of the are like , 1> Execution time for iOS devices can be quite slow. This will likely be improved in the near future. 2> They Should Include Image comparison feature and side by side application comparison feature that going to be helpful 3> Support for windows application is not available, Adding this will be a plus point. 4> Version incompatibilities sometimes create issue while running automation script.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I will strongly recommend Appium it is a light weight and user friendly application for mobile web and native app testing. User can save own capabilities to ruse it in further similar kind of scenario. sows better console details to provide detailed information at each step of testing so that user can have better record of each case. You can easily integrate Appium with other tools. Whenever you will face any problem, You can get solution through Appium community which is very helpful and informative.

What differentiates Appium from other similar products?

Flexible as it is programming based

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Flexibility and Opensource

What do you dislike most about this product?

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What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Good for projects where budget for testing is low and need an open source tool

What differentiates Appium from other similar products?

The great feature of Appium is that it is a great testing tool for iOS and Android, supports the Selenium webdriver, and it is open source. It is also possible to use multiple languages with it.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

For testing Android and iOS apps, Appium is the only open source tool available. Besides testing TV apps and smart watches, Appium can also be used to test car and smartwatches.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Configuration of Appium can be complicated. Often, you'll need someone to help navigate through the process.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Among the open source mobile app automation solutions, Appium is the most powerful