van Vugt Automated Testing in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Efficiently automate test cases for faster development cycles with less time needed for manual testing
2. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-80181-440-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 406 Seiten

Learn how to write automated tests for Dynamics 365 Business Central and discover how you can implement them in your daily workKey Features - Leverage automated testing to advance over traditional manual testing methods
- Write, design, and implement automated tests
- Explore various testing frameworks and tools compatible with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Book DescriptionDynamics 365 Business Central is a cloud-based SaaS ERP proposition from Microsoft. With development practices becoming more formal, implementing changes or new features is not as simple as it used to be back when Dynamics 365 Business Central was called Navigator, Navision Financials, or Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision, and the call for test automation is increasing. This book will show you how to leverage the testing tools available in Dynamics 365 Business Central to perform automated testing. Starting with a quick introduction to automated testing and test-driven development (TDD), you'll get an overview of test automation in Dynamics 365 Business Central. You'll then learn how to design and build automated tests and explore methods to progress from requirements to application and testing code. Next, you'll find out how you can incorporate your own as well as Microsoft tests into your development practice. With the addition of three new chapters, this second edition covers in detail how to construct complex scenarios, write testable code, and test processes with incoming and outgoing calls. By the end of this book, you'll be able to write your own automated tests for Microsoft Business Central.What you will learn - Understand the why and when of automated testing
- Discover how test-driven development can help to improve automated testing
- Explore the six pillars of the Testability Framework of Business Central
- Design and write automated tests for Business Central
- Make use of standard automated tests and their helper libraries
- Understand the challenges in testing features that interact with the external world
- Integrate automated tests into your development practice
Who this book is forThis book is for consultants, testers, developers, and development managers working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Functional as well as technical development teams will find this book on automated testing techniques useful.

Autoren/Hrsg.

van Vugt, Luc

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Software Engineering Softwaretests & Prüfsoftware
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents - Introduction to Automated Testing
- Test Automation and Test-Driven Development
- The Testability Framework
- The Test Tool, Standard Tests, and Standard Test Libraries

- Test Plan and Test Design
- From Customer Wish to Test Automation

- From Customer Wish to Test Automation

- From Customer Wish to Test Automation

- How to integrate Test Automation in Daily Development Practice
- Getting Business Central Standard Tests Working on Your Code
- How to Construct Complex Scenarios
- Writing Testable Code
- Testing Incoming and Outgoing Calls
- Getting up and running with Business Central, VS Code, and the GitHub project

Über Autor(innen)

van Vugt Luc :

In 1999, Luc van Vugt stepped into the Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC) world, training many developers. After Microsoft acquired Navision, he joined their Dynamics localization team as tester and project lead, 6 years closely involved with all BC releases. Since he left MS, he became an active community member with his blog, Dutch Dynamics Community and as conference speaker. He co-founded NAV Skills, supporting BC pros with workshops and webinars until 2019. He continues ever since with webinars under the flag of Areopa. For all this work, Luc has been awarded MS MVP since 2011. In 2012, he started fluxxus.nl mainly focusing on BC development courses and workshops on test automation, on the latter a main driving force in the community.