1. Contact your system administrator and request a username for Perfecto. You will receive a username, password, and the URL of your Perfecto cloud.
2. Open a browser and navigate to the URL.
3. After you log in, under Manual Testing, click OPEN DEVICE.
4. If this step fails, contact your system administrator or customer success manager.

Install Java JRE and JDK on your workstation. If you are unsure if it is installed, open the command line and type java –version.
If you see something similar to the following, you are good to go. If not, download from https://java.com/en/download and follow the online instructions until you can see Java working from the command line.

Writing tests with Perfecto requires writing Selenium/Appium code in an IDE. We will cover this in the training. For now, all you need is select and set up the IDE of your choice.

Perfecto supports the major IDEs in the market, Eclipse and IntellijIDEA. Both offer the same functionality.

To set up your IDE, select the IDE you prefer and follow the IDE-specific instructions:

We now need to prepare the Quantum framework setup. For comprehensive information on Quantum, see our Quantum Starter Kit on GitHub.

To prepare the Quantum setup:

1. Download and install Maven from https://maven.apache.org.

2. Continue based on your IDE:
   
   

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   title If you use IntelliJ
   Open File > Settings. Select Plugins and install the following plugins: Maven plugin for IDEA Cucumber plugin (Community version only)

   
   

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   title If you use Eclipse
   Install the following plugins: Maven plugin TestNG plugin QAF Cucumber plugin You can also install the QAF Cucumber plugin as follows: In Eclipse, open Help > Install new software. The Install wizard opens. In the Available Software panel, enter the following location: https://qmetry.github.io/qaf/editor/bdd/eclipse These plugins are all part of the Eclipse marketplace. To open the Installation window, simply drag them into Eclipse.

   
   

1. Go to the Quantum Starter Kit at https://github.com/Project-Quantum/Quantum-Starter-Kit and click Code > Clone (Git users only) or Code > Download ZIP.
   

2. Open the project as a Maven project. Users familiar with Maven can do this and skip to the next section. If you are new to Maven, perform the following steps for your IDE.

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   Go to the directory where you saved the project and right-click the pom.xml file. Select Open with > IntelliJ. The project should now be open in IntelliJ. In IntelliJ, verify that the project is defined as a Maven project: Right-click empty space in the Project explorer and select Run Maven > Reimport. IntelliJ reimports the project. If all goes well, there will be no notification. If Maven is not listed as an option in the shortcut menu: Validate the Maven installation and the plugins. Restart IntelliJ before trying again.

   
   

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   Open Eclipse and go to File > Import > Maven > Existing Maven Projects. Click Next and browse to the root directory of the Quantum Starter Kit. Make sure the project file is selected and click Finish. You should now see all the project files in the navigator.

   
   

We now have an IDE installed, and our project is open. Next, we need to add credentials and run our first test, as follows:

1. In the resources folder, open the application.properties file.

2. Insert the name of your Perfecto cloud.

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   language java
   remote.server=https://<<your-cloud-name>>.perfectomobile.com/nexperience/perfectomobile/wd/hub/fast

   
   

3. Insert your security token into the code. The security token is the authentication used by Perfecto. To generate a token, see Generate security tokens.

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   language java
   perfecto.capabilities.securityToken=<your-token>

   
   

4. Under src > main >resources > config, right-click the testng_appium.xml file and select Run As > TestNG Suite.
   
   The setup test should execute successfully, and the console log should include a link to the execution report labeled REPORTIUM URL.
5. Open the report.
   

That's it! Your Quantum framework is set up and ready to go.

Selenium and Appium scripts work with objects that are identified with an XPath expression. We will cover this extensively in the training. Right now, all we need to do is ensure you have the Google Chrome browser installed, which provides built-in support for XPath.