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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

Technical requirements

To test and follow some of the capabilities of this chapter, you will need a few technical requirements.

The material in this chapter will require a stable internet connection, and a compatible browser, such as Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, will also be required to access Power Apps and other online resources, such as GitHub, which will be required to develop and test Power Apps. We will use a calculator app named Power Calc. Guidance and samples are located at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Automate-Testing-for-Power-Apps/tree/main/chapter-01.

Important note

We recommend that you create a Power Apps Developer Plan so that you can test all functionality moving forward. You can follow the instructions at https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/developerplan/, where you will get a free development environment to develop and test apps.