A Test Automation Blog

The Mac mini I use for mobile test automation got stuck at booting up after an update of OSX (thanks Apple) and there was no way to recover (I didn't have a time machine backup). Maybe I could have found a clever way to restore access to the Macintosh HD, but I decided to just go for the reinstall instead and make it a bit more detailed this time than in one of my previous blogposts. Installations OSX updates (1) First make sure you have installed all OSX (security) updates. Via the app store > updates > check for updates. Install Xcode Navigate to the App Store  Search for Xcode  Login with Apple ID  Get/Install (if asked, also install the command line tools) `xcode-select -p` will show the current path. To change it, you can do what they also described on this Appium GitHub topic: sudo xcode-select -s /Applications/Xcode.app  Quit Appium, Restart Appium and try again Install Android Studio Download the installer Open the dmg...

In the previous blogpos t  I explained the concepts of a test automation framework and which one I particularly like and want to share with you. In this blogpost we'll start to get our hands dirty by installing all necessary software so we can start with the fun. Keep in mind I'm writing this guide while working on a Windows computer, so it might be that you need to do some research for your OS if your following this guide while working on OSX or Linux. Browsers I'm not going to explain how to install a browser. But it's recommended to pre-install Firefox so it does not matter on what kind of OS you're working, you could still follow most of the instructions later on. And I'll start with the Firefox browser in the first test run. Other browsers will be covered later. So you can install them now or when we're getting there, that's up to you. Ruby Let's start with the installation of Ruby. My instructions will be similar if not identical ...