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.[1][2][3] The program was open-sourced in August 2012 using the Apache 2 license.[1][4] In January 2013, Sauce Labs agreed to fund Appium's development and motivated its code to be rewritten using Node.js.[1][2]

Appium won the 2014 Bossie award of InfoWorld for the best open source desktop and mobile software.[5] Appium was also selected as an Open Source Rookie of the Year by Black Duck Software.[6][7]

In October 2016, Appium joined the JS Foundation.[8] Initially as a mentor program, it graduated in August 2017.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "History". appium.io. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Appium is the first project to graduate from JS Foundation Mentorship Program". JS Foundation. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Announcing Appium on Sauce: Native & Hybrid iOS App Testing in the Cloud". Sauce Labs. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  4. ^ Cuellar, Dan (2 August 2012). "Initial commit penguinho/appium-old@3ab56d3". GitHub. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  5. ^ staff, InfoWorld. "Bossie Awards 2014: The best open source application development tools". InfoWorld. Retrieved 11 October 2016. slide 17
  6. ^ "Appium Selected as a Black Duck Open Source Rookie of the Year". Sauce Labs. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Black Duck Announces Open Source Rookies of the Year Winners". Black Duck Software. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Appium joins the JS Foundation". SD Times. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

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