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In this blog, we will discuss about a guy (let us call him John) who’s getting started in Appium 2.0.
John wants to know about, the process of download and installation of Apache Maven on Windows 11.
A senior Tester (Keith) answers his questions. John is not too sure about IntelliJ Idea community edition.
Keith: Apache maven has various benefits. While you are curious to know what it is all about, let me say it can help you organize.
John: Organize? What and How?
Download and Install IntelliJ:
Keith: John, I think you have already downloaded and installed IntelliJ, from the previous blog.
John: Yes, but that was not the community Edition. It was some..err.. umm Unified edition.
Keith: There is no separate Community edition for download. However, you can download and install the Unified edition, which has the community edition included. You need not purchase anything.
John: Oh, ok! So what has Apache maven, IntelliJ got to do with Appium?
Keith: IntelliJ is a place where you write your Java code, your appium tests etc.
While the code can be organized by creating a File | New Project | Java.
Apache Maven can help you create
Download and Install Apache Maven:
Keith: Apache Maven should be downloaded and installed locally on your Windows Machine, and the path set as shown in this YouTube video:
A Prerequisite to download and installation of Apache Maven:
Java needs to be installed and JAVA_HOME needs to be set
This can help you create a folder structure to organize your code
Hmm, how about creating a new project in IntelliJ?
- You create a File | Maven Archetype | choose a quickstart archetype
- You download dependencies like TestNG, Selenium Webdrivers etc. by just editing the pom.xml
- You will have a test folder where you can write all your tests
- After writing all your tests, it is time to deliver. Maven helps you create a build (an executable) jar file. This jar file contains all the tests that need to be delivered for the day/week to your lead/manager etc.
John: Phew! that was a lot of stuff that Apache maven can do
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