# Walkthrough of Appium Desktop: Six part blog series

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/walkthrough-of-appium-desktop-six-part-blog-series/16170>\
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**Created:** [April 22, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/walkthrough-of-appium-desktop-six-part-blog-series/16170 "2017-04-22T12:03:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![tjmaher1](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/tjmaher1/32/3333_2.png) [@tjmaher1](https://discuss.appium.io/u/tjmaher1)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/walkthrough-of-appium-desktop-six-part-blog-series/16170/1 "2017-04-22T12:03:35Z")

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I’ve been really trying to hit the ground running with Appium, starting with Appium Desktop.

If anyone is interested, on my site [Adventures in Automation](http://www.tjmaher.com/), I have a six part blog series I am writing on installing and configuring all the moving parts to get [Appium Desktop](http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/04/learning-appium-what-is-appium-server.html) to run. It is specifically written for manual testers who are trying to switch to being an automation developer.

**Learning Appium Desktop** :

- [What is Appium Server and How Do You Start It With Appium Desktop](http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/04/learning-appium-what-is-appium-server.html)
- [How to Connect To Your Android Device Using the Android SDK, the Android Command Line Tools, and the Android Debug Bridge](http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/04/learning-appium-desktop-how-to-connect.html)
- [Setting up remote devices through WiFi](http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/04/learning-appium-desktop-setting-up_18.html)
- [Setting up Android Emulators with Android Virtual Device Manager (avd), choosing the Android operating system version](http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/04/learning-appium-desktop-setting-up.html)
- [Find the Desired Capabilities: appPackage and appActivity. Bug in AAPT if giving just appName](http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/04/learning-appium-desktop-find-desired.html)
- Using Appium Desktop (still trying to figure out how to tie a bow on this series)

-T.J. Maher  
Co-Organizer, [Ministry of Testing - Boston](https://www.meetup.com/ministry-of-testing-boston)  
[@tjmaher1](https://twitter.com/tjmaher1)