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And most importantly – it uses the WebDriver protocol.

What makes it such an awesome tool and leader in its field of automation for desktop applications? It is supported on machines running Windows 10 operating system (Home and Pro) and Windows Server 2016, and it supports all Windows applications based on: WinForms (Windows Forms), WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), UWP (Universal Windows Platform), and the classic Win32. WinAppDriver is a free tool (currently the WinAppDriver code is not open source, but in their FAQs, it’s mentioned that they are considering the option to open source it).

In this post I will discuss one that is not included in that list, that is relatively new and that comes from a great “home” – From Microsoft, and it makes perfect sense to test Windows desktop apps using a tool from the same company. This post will discuss one of the most popular tools in the field of test automation for desktop applications – WinAppDriver (short for Windows Application Driver).Ī while back, I wrote a post reviewing the pros and cons of 9 open-source test automation tools for desktop applications.

Almost every tester out there is familiar with Selenium WebDriver for automating Web applications, and many are also familiar with Appium for automating Mobile apps 👩‍💻 However, not as many are familiar with automation tools for desktop applications.