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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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Carlos de Huerta Carlos de Huerta
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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

Testing canvas components with Test Engine

To conduct testing on the UserCard component using Test Engine, we must first configure the testing environment.

Updating the testing environment

Modify the config.dev.json file with the appropriate values for your testing environment. This includes environmentId, tenantId, outputDirectory, and, of course, the path to the YAML file containing the test suite, as shown in Figure 9.7:

Figure 9.7 – The config.dev.json file for testing the Canvas component

Figure 9.7 – The config.dev.json file for testing the Canvas component

Note

Remember, the config.dev.json file should be located in the same folder where the TestEngine command is being executed.

Creating a test suite

Construct a test suite for the UserCard component. This suite will include a test case for altering the UserCard’s status and userrole properties.

The goal is to demonstrate that, with TestEngine, we can test canvas components. We can apply this pattern in a canvas app that includes a canvas...

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