Appium Ecosystem -1 : Step By Step explanation Appium2.0 Ecosystem

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Step By Step explanation Appium2.0 Ecosystem:

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The Appium Ecosystem:

Appium is basically collection of related software’s & tools.

Note: (i.e. officially-supported and community-supported projects.)

1.Drivers →Link Appium to your test device

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2. Clients →Link Appium to your automation code

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3. Plugins →Modify and extend Appium functionality

View all plugins

4. Tools →Interact with Appium in other ways

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Topic-1:

Drivers:

These drivers used to link Appium to our/your test device.

1. At least one driver is required to use Appium.

2. We have 2 types of drivers

1. Official Drivers — Drivers maintained by Appium Team.

2. Other Drivers — These drivers are not maintained by the Appium team and can be used to target additional platforms.

Topic-2:

Clients:

These Clients used to link Appium to your automation code

1. We need these clients to write and run Appium scripts.

2. We have 2 types of Clients

1. Official Clients — These clients are currently maintained by the Appium team:

2. Other Clients — These clients are not maintained by the Appium team and can be used with other languages

Topic-3:

Plugins:

Basically, Plugins are used in various ways to extend or modify Appium’s behaviour.

1. These are completely optional and are not needed for standard automation functionality, but you may find them to be useful for more specialised automation workflows.

2. We have 2 types of Plugins.

1. Official Plugins — These plugins are currently maintained by the Appium team.

2. Other Plugins — These plugins are not maintained by the Appium team and can provide additional functionality

Topic-4:

Tools:

Used to Interact with Appium in other ways

We have 2 types of Tools.

1. Appium-Related Tools — There are several Appium tools that have been created to to assist with things not directly related to testing, such as Appium installation, test development, and more.

Like Appium Inspector & Appium Doctor.

2. Other Tools — These tools are not maintained by the Appium team and can be used to assist with other problems:

Like appium-installer

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