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Automated Testing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Second Edition

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Automated Testing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Second Edition

Overview of this book

Dynamics 365 Business Central is a cloud-based SaaS ERP proposition from Microsoft. With development practices becoming more formal, implementing changes or new features is not as simple as it used to be back when Dynamics 365 Business Central was called Navigator, Navision Financials, or Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision, and the call for test automation is increasing. This book will show you how to leverage the testing tools available in Dynamics 365 Business Central to perform automated testing. Starting with a quick introduction to automated testing and test-driven development (TDD), you'll get an overview of test automation in Dynamics 365 Business Central. You'll then learn how to design and build automated tests and explore methods to progress from requirements to application and testing code. Next, you'll find out how you can incorporate your own as well as Microsoft tests into your development practice. With the addition of three new chapters, this second edition covers in detail how to construct complex scenarios, write testable code, and test processes with incoming and outgoing calls. By the end of this book, you'll be able to write your own automated tests for Microsoft Business Central.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1: Automated Testing – A General Overview
4
Section 2:Automated Testing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
7
Section 3:Designing and Building Automated Tests for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
12
Section 4:Integrating Automated Tests in Your Daily Development Practice
15
Section 5:Advanced Topics
19
Section 6:Appendix

The GitHub repository

The various code examples in this book have been uploaded to a dedicated GitHub repository. This repository can be accessed through this link: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Automated-Testing-in-Microsoft-Dynamics-365-Business-Central-Second-Edition.

Structure of the GitHub repository

By following the previous link, you will land on the main page of this repository, showing you the following folders:

  • Chapter 02
  • Chapter 03
  • Chapter 06 (LookupValue Extension)
  • Chapter 07 (LookupValue Extension)
  • Chapter 08 (LookupValue Extension)
  • Chapter 10 (LookupValue Extension)
  • Chapter 11 (LookupValue Extension)
  • Chapter 12 (LookupValue Extension)
  • Chapter 13 (LookupValue Extension)
  • Chapter 13 (VAT Registration No. Validation)
  • Excel Sheets
  • Graphics
  • LookupValue Extension
  • Scripts

In this section, we will discuss what the various folders contain. Notice that GitHub puts them in alphabetical order. This does...