Appium
{{Short description|Automation for Apps}}
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Appium is an open source automation tool for running scripts and testing native applications, mobile-web applications and hybrid applications on Android or iOS using a webdriver.
History
Appium was originally developed by Dan Cuellar in 2011 under the name "iOSAuto", written in the C# programming language.{{Cite web|url=https://appium.io/history.html?lang=en|title=History|website=appium.io|access-date=2018-07-02|archive-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702064450/https://appium.io/history.html?lang=en|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://saucelabs.com/blog/Announcing-Appium-on-Sauce-Native-Hybrid-iOS-App-Testing-in-the-Cloud|title=Announcing Appium on Sauce: Native & Hybrid iOS App Testing in the Cloud|publisher=Sauce Labs|access-date=2018-07-02|archive-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702093224/https://saucelabs.com/blog/Announcing-Appium-on-Sauce-Native-Hybrid-iOS-App-Testing-in-the-Cloud|url-status=dead}} The program was open-sourced in August 2012 using the Apache 2 license.{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/penguinho/appium-old/commit/3ab56d3a5601897b2790b5256351f9b5af3f9e90#diff-61e0bdf7e1b43c5c93d9488b22e04170|title=Initial commit penguinho/appium-old@3ab56d3|last=Cuellar|first=Dan|date=2 August 2012|website=GitHub|access-date=2018-07-02}} In January 2013, Sauce Labs agreed to fund Appium's development and motivated its code to be rewritten using Node.js.
Appium won the 2014 Bossie award of InfoWorld for the best open source desktop and mobile software.{{Cite news|url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/2687772/application-development/164642-Bossie-Awards-2014-The-best-open-source-application-development-tools.html#slide17|title=Bossie Awards 2014: The best open source application development tools|last=staff|first=InfoWorld|newspaper=InfoWorld|quote=slide 17|access-date=2016-10-11}} Appium was also selected as an Open Source Rookie of the Year by Black Duck Software.{{Cite news|url=https://saucelabs.com/blog/appium-selected-as-a-black-duck-open-source-rookie-of-the-year|title=Appium Selected as a Black Duck Open Source Rookie of the Year|publisher=Sauce Labs|access-date=2016-10-11|archive-date=17 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117005453/https://saucelabs.com/blog/appium-selected-as-a-black-duck-open-source-rookie-of-the-year|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackducksoftware.com/about/news-events/releases/black-duck-announces-open-source-rookies-of-year-winners|title=Black Duck Announces Open Source Rookies of the Year Winners |website=Black Duck Software|access-date=2016-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012080634/https://www.blackducksoftware.com/about/news-events/releases/black-duck-announces-open-source-rookies-of-year-winners|archive-date=2016-10-12|url-status=dead}}
In October 2016, Appium joined the JS Foundation.{{Cite news|url=https://sdtimes.com/appium/appium-joins-js-foundation/|title=Appium joins the JS Foundation |date=2016-10-17|work=SD Times|access-date=2018-07-02}} Initially as a mentor program, it graduated in August 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://js.foundation/uncategorized/2017/08/29/appium-is-the-first-project-to-graduate-from-js-foundation-mentorship-program|title=Appium is the first project to graduate from JS Foundation Mentorship Program |date=2017-08-29|publisher=JS Foundation|access-date=2018-07-02}}
References
External links
- {{Official website|http://appium.io/}}