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Automate Testing for Power Apps

You're reading from   Automate Testing for Power Apps A practical guide to applying low-code automation testing tools and techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803236551
Length 352 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1:Tools for Power Apps Automated Testing
2. Chapter 1: Software Quality and Types of Testing FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Power Apps Studio Techniques and Automation Tools 4. Chapter 3: Power Fx Overview and Usage in Testing 5. Chapter 4: Planning Testing in a Power Apps Project 6. Part 2:Tools for Power Apps Automated Testing
7. Chapter 5: Introducing Test Studio – Canvas Apps Testing with a Sample Case Study 8. Chapter 6: Overview of Test Engine, Evolution, and Comparison 9. Chapter 7: Working with Test Engine 10. Chapter 8: Testing Power Apps with Power Automate Desktop 11. Part 3:Extending Power Apps Automated Testing
12. Chapter 9: PCF and Canvas Component Testing 13. Chapter 10: ALM with Test Studio and Test Engine 14. Chapter 11: Mocks with Test Engine 15. Chapter 12: Telemetry and Power Apps 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Overview of Test Engine, Evolution, and Comparison

Test Engine serves as an innovative testing platform for Power Apps, designed to offer a comprehensive testing solution for all Power Apps and simplify the incorporation of automated testing within app development workflows. It is an open source initiative hosted on GitHub and backed by Microsoft.

Test Engine is built on the Playwright browser testing platform, and the Power Fx language is utilized for defining tests in YAML files, which are simple and comprehensive. We will explore both elements in more detail later.

We are facing the initial preview of Test Engine, which is an evolution in the testing tools for Power Apps, considering the most common use cases but taking a new approach with the use of the Playwright testing platform and adopting an open source philosophy.

This initial version only supports testing on Power Apps canvas applications, although work is already underway to include support for model-driven apps...

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