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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

Creating test plans with YAML

Assuming you have followed the guidelines outlined in Chapter 5, you should now have the Gallery with Contacts application that we created – alternatively, you can find the solution with the application and the data to import in the GitHub repository for this book (https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Automate-Testing-for-Power-Apps/tree/main/chapter-07). This application features a gallery that draws its data from the contacts table and is designed to resemble Figure 7.15.

Figure 7.15 – Sample application with Gallery control and contacts table

Figure 7.15 – Sample application with Gallery control and contacts table

Now, we will construct a new YAML file that outlines the necessary steps to do the following:

  1. Generate an initial screenshot displaying the first element.
  2. Navigate to the fifth element, verify that the associated email address matches our expectations (in our case, it’s [email protected], but bear in mind that this might differ if you have not imported...