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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

Getting to know Test Engine

Let’s begin exploring the elements that form the foundation of Test Engine. We’ll start by discussing the ability to create tests using the Power Fx language, which we reviewed in Chapter 3 of this book.

Power Fx test authoring

Power Fx is a low-code language for Power Platform and it is also used for Test Engine.

Defining your tests doesn’t require programming languages such as C# or JavaScript. Instead, tests are specified using straightforward YAML files that incorporate the well-known Power Fx language. Familiar Power Fx functions, such as Select, Assert, SetProperty, and Index—which you might recognize from Test Studio—can be used to outline the steps in your test case.

Here’s an example of a Test Engine test step using these functions:

Figure 6.1 – Power Fx syntax for test steps

Figure 6.1 – Power Fx syntax for test steps

Any documented Power Fx functions can be used within Test Engine. In addition to...