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Automate Testing for Power Apps

By : César Calvo, Carlos de Huerta
Book Image

Automate Testing for Power Apps

By: César Calvo, Carlos de Huerta

Overview of this book

Low-code testing helps build better applications, freeing developers from frustrating problems faced while enhancing app features. Automate Testing for Power Apps will help you use automation testing to build better Canvas apps. You’ll start by understanding the fundamentals of automation testing, different approaches for low-code testing, and its application to Power Apps. Next, you’ll learn how to use Test Studio, Power Automate Desktop, and other tools to automate testing for your Canvas apps. You'll find out how to incorporate testing into your deployment processes for faster and more reliable releases. Additionally, this book covers advanced topics such as PCF components testing and model-driven apps. You’ll discover the new open-source project, Power Apps Test Engine, that’ll provide you with a single automated testing platform for all Power Apps. You'll learn how to test these more complex components to ensure the highest quality and business value for your Power Apps. By the end of this book, you'll have become a pro at using automation testing to build better Power Apps, reduce app release times, and increase the quality of your applications.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1:Tools for Power Apps Automated Testing
6
Part 2:Tools for Power Apps Automated Testing
11
Part 3:Extending Power Apps Automated Testing

Part 1:Tools for Power Apps Automated Testing

In this part, we will establish the concepts, tools, and processes needed for your testing journey. We will begin by discussing the significance of testing and application life cycle management. Then, we will go over the approaches and tools that will help us in practice, introducing Power Fx, the low-code language used across Microsoft Power Platform. This section concludes with a chapter on test planning in Power Apps projects, connecting the best practices discussed.

This part has the following chapters:

  • Chapter 1, Software Quality and Types of Testing
  • Chapter 2, Power Apps Studio Techniques and Automation Tools
  • Chapter 3, Power Fx Overview and Usage in Testing
  • Chapter 4, Planning Testing in a Power Apps Project