Automation Testing in Pega 8

Automation Testing in Pega 8

I would like to know if we have regression testing capabilities covered in Pega Infinity 8 platform. How strong is Pega 8 platform from automation testing perspective.

New Features in Pega 8.1 Automation testing are

•  Model-based scenario testing
•  Unit testing: nested test suites
•  Data-test-id support for repeating dynamic layouts

Tests can be covered for multiple sessions i.e., Multiple users log into the same system & perform testing (manual or  automated) across multiple sessions on the application

Pega 8 is pretty strong in supporting automated testing. It has some inbuilt features that are very useful for supporting your automated regression test. For instance, PegaUnit is very useful for your unit tests, but it can also be used to check the connectivity to external parties (create a seperate suite which runs unit tests on the data pages/activities that use the connections).

You can also use the OOTB API to support your higher level tests (e.g. create/update/retrieve cases, assignments and data).

For UI testing, Pega has released scenario testing (make sure you open a case portal and click the gear on the bottom right to reveal the automation recorder). However, at this time we do not use it for automated UI-regression tests. It is pretty suitable for smoke tests, but when you want a maintainable, robust UI testsuite, I would recommend a non-Pega tool for now.