Automate Windows And Mac Apps With The WebDriver Protocol
summary
Microsoft supplies WinAppDriver beta (released ~1 year ago) and Appium ties it into the WebDriver protocol so desktop apps on Windows and macOS are testable with existing Appium clients and the grid. Appium for Mac is an Objective‑C HTTP server that uses the macOS accessibility API and PFAssistive to send native mouse/keyboard events; demos automate Calculator, Paint, VB6, TextEdit and Cortana, show touch/pen and upcoming multi‑touch, and reveal a mouse‑speed hack via executeScript repurposing cookies to change runtime capabilities. Supported: Windows 10 and macOS 10.7+.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:42StarDriver Vision
- 2:46Windows App Driver
- 6:05Visual Studio
- 12:28Grid
- 13:04Desktop Testing
- 15:18Whats Next
- 16:37More Information
- 18:06Introducing Stuart Russell
- 18:53How it was done
- 19:59Overview
- 23:31TextEdit Demo
- 27:43Calculator Demo
- 31:06Thank You
- 31:53Device Cloud
- 35:34Office Extensions
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