Introduction to Mobile UI Automation Testing with Appium

Description:
As a developer unit tests are easy. We write logic all the time so writing more logic to test it comes natural. What happens though as a mobile developer when I need to test my UI on actual devices across many form factors? How do you write UI tests? Why write UI tests? Which framework do I need to use? How do I automate my UI tests on physical devices?
Appium (http://appium.io/) is an open source test automation framework to use with native, hybrid, and mobile web apps that will work on iOS, Android and Windows. It doesn't matter if you are writing native swift/java or using Xamarin Forms. You can use the same UI automation framework.
This month was supposed to be taught by our co-organizer Brian Peek, but he decided a 12 year old kid had more knowledge to fill his role.

Please register if you plan on attending so we will have the right amount of pizza & soda.

Bio:
Nathan Westfall is a software engineer primarily focused on Xamarin development. Nathan has been developing for 6 years, but at the age of 22 has had some unique experiences such as
• Was mistaken for being 34 years old by Miguel de Icaza
• Has always been able to pause and rewind TV.
• Once saw a VHS tape and had to check Wikipedia to see what it was.
• Not knowing what it was like to grow up without a personal phone number