Automating tests

General
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Hi Mark and team,

Pardon me if the topic has already been touched upon : I searched but did not find it.

My question is : how would I go about setting up some automated tests on my Backendless app ? The need is to check for regressions, especially regarding the frontend, although checking the whole thing, including the backend would be even better.

Is it feasible ? Are there tools you would recommend ? Do you know of any caveats I should be aware of ?

Thanks for any pointers you might have. Indeed, with a no-/low-code approach, there are many advantages, but I find version control and testing for regressions to be much harder and opaque.

N.

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Hi Nicolas,

Could you please clarify what part of your app you would like to cover with tests? For instance, API services, user interface.

Regards,
Mark

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Mostly user interface.
It’s a mobile app, but if I could already have some testing done on the web application, that would already be quite good !

N.

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I heard Selenium is a decent fit for automating UI testing. This is not an official “Backendless recommendation”… :wink: This is something you should research and see what technology or methodology would work for you.

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Thanks Mark. I will look into it.

If anybody among the community has any experience in setting up tests for a Backendless app, I would very much appreciate any feedback.

Cheers,

N.