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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

Chapter 5: Test Plan and Test Design

Having had a look at the testability framework, the Test Tool, and the standard tests and libraries, I have shown you what is available in the platform and the application that will allow you to create and execute automated tests. And that's what we are going to do in this part of this book. But let's step back and not just bluntly dive into creating code. Firstly, I would like to introduce a couple of concepts and design patterns that will allow you to conceive your tests more effectively and efficiently. At the same time, these concepts will make your tests more than just a technical exercise and will help you to get your entire team involved. After all, testing is a team effort.

I am surely not going to bother you with formal test documentation, and the top-down approach with eight defined stages, from test plan, through test design/case specification to test summary report. That's way out of the scope of this book and, not...