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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)
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Part 1:Tools for Power Apps Automated Testing
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Part 2:Tools for Power Apps Automated Testing
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Part 3:Extending Power Apps Automated Testing

Benefits of UI testing with PAD

Utilizing PAD for UI testing offers several advantages, many of which are common across other UI testing tools. These include the following:

  • Reduced manual effort: UI testing automation reduces the time and effort required for manual testing, allowing your team to focus on other important tasks.
  • Increased test coverage: By leveraging PAD, you can test end-to-end processes that involve interactions with multiple programs or systems. For example, you can verify that the results obtained in a Power Apps app match those in an external tool such as SAP. This allows you to cover more test scenarios in a single automated test.
  • Improved accuracy: Automated tests are less prone to human error, resulting in more accurate and reliable test results. Since PAD interacts with the actual user interface, it replicates the real-life processes and increases the accuracy of the testing.
  • Faster feedback: PAD enables you to automate the process of sending...