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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

Debugging in Power Apps testing – from why to how

As we discussed in the previous chapter, the purpose of software testing is to identify any defects, bugs, or problems in your apps before they are released to end users so that they can be fixed or addressed promptly. Testing helps improve the software’s quality and increases the system’s reliability, usability, and performance. However, once you get an alert or error from your testing cases, you will need to fix it – that is, you will need to start debugging your app.

Debugging is the process of finding and fixing errors or bugs in your apps. It is an important part of software development as errors or bugs can cause a program to produce unexpected results or stop working altogether. It helps ensure that an app is working as intended and meets the requirements and expectations of your users once a problem has appeared, the same way testing helps you in the first place.

You may go through some simple...