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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 3:Extending Power Apps Automated Testing

In the last part of the book, we will broaden our exploration to more advanced areas of Power Apps testing. First, we will dive into testing PCF and canvas components with Test Engine, providing practical examples for each. Then, we will examine Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) using Test Studio within Azure DevOps pipelines.

We will then introduce the concept of mocks with Test Engine, a powerful testing strategy that imitates app dependencies for more robust testing. Finally, we will delve into the crucial field of telemetry within Power Apps, exploring how analytics can help improve testing and debugging processes.

This part has the following chapters: