Working with Test Engine

In the previous chapter, we provided an overview of Test Engine, discussing its capabilities, benefits, and current limitations. We also covered the prerequisites and build process required to create the Test Engine executable on your local machine.

Now that Test Engine is set up on your system, in this chapter, we will dive into the details of utilizing it for testing your Power Apps. We will cover how to work with the sample apps and test plans provided in the TestEngine GitHub repository (https://github.com/microsoft/PowerApps-TestEngine) so you can get first-hand experience using the tool.

The sample solutions provide a great way to get up and running quickly. You can import them into your Power Apps environment and execute the corresponding test plan YAML files against them. The samples demonstrate key functionalities such as taking screenshots, creating robust test plans in YAML, and more.

In addition to working with the provided samples, we...