# appium-base-driver

> **NOTE: `appium-base-driver` for Appium 2.x has moved to the [`2.0` branch of `appium/appium`](https://github.com/appium/appium/tree/2.0/packages/base-driver)**

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This is the parent class that all [appium](appium.io) drivers inherit from, along with a collection of globally-used Appium driver utilities. Each utility is documented in its own README in the code:

* [BaseDriver](lib/basedriver)
* [The Appium Express Server](lib/express)
* [The Mobile JSON Wire Protocol Encapsulation](lib/mjsonwp)
* [The JSONWP Proxy Library](lib/jsonwp-proxy)
* [The JSONWP Status Library](lib/jsonwp-status)

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## Watch

```
gulp
```

## Test

```
gulp once
```