Windows desktop automation has become much easier with Appium and WinAppDriver. If you have worked with mobile automation before, the workflow will feel familiar. You start a server, define capabilities, locate elements, and interact with the application. The same concepts now apply to Windows desktop apps. In this post, we will walk you through a minimal and practical example of […]
Getting Started with Windows Desktop Automation Using Appium and WinAppDriver
How to use Appium Inspector along with Windows Inspector
In our previous post, we explored how to use Windows Inspector (Inspect.exe) to inspect UI elements in desktop applications. It’s a great starting point, especially when you want to understand how your app exposes properties like AutomationId, Name, and ClassName. But if you’ve tried automating desktop apps using Appium or WinAppDriver, you might have noticed a few limitations with Windows […]
How to use Windows Inspector to write selector for Windows UI or Desktop App
In this post, we will show you how to use Windows Inspector to identify UI elements and write stable selectors for your desktop automation scripts. When you start automating Windows desktop applications using WinAppDriver or Appium, one of the first hurdles you’ll run into is figuring out how to locate elements on the app or Windows UI. If you’ve done […]
Setup Linux testing environment on Windows using WSL1
Update: This solution works on WSL1 only Why this post? If you are one of those testers that had been using a Windows machine and have had to setup a Linux system for running your Selenium automation test, this post is for you. I had to setup a Linux system for running the automation tests for one of our clients. […]
Problem Steps Recorder
Recently when I was searching for the screen capture tool to report my issues to QA team, I discovered that windows already have an inbuilt hidden tool in Windows 7, 8 and 10 versions called Problem Steps Recorder(PSR). Do you know about Problem Steps Recorder already? If you feel no, scroll down to learn more. Problem Steps Recorder is a […]