Best way to do unit testing

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Hello, 
 
 Do we have any best practices documentation around unit testing or can any one explain the best way to do unit testing for appian objects. 
 
 Thanks, 
 Nitesh

Dastagiri Dudekula · Accepted Answer

List out the appian objects created for the given scenario. 
If its independent flow test with required user inputs. 
While testing test both positive and negative scenarios. 
If its dependent flow test from the flow which will trigger created flow 
Check all the requirements mentioned in the acceptance criteria 
For Appian objects notice all of its properties like name, description, display names assigned and are appearing in the flow as expected(in case of dynamic name setup)

Kevin Gajewski · Answer

@Nitesh you can get more guidance about using the expression rule test cases feature for unit testing here as well: docs.appian.com/.../Expression_Rule_Testing.html

harrisont606 · Answer

You can build test cases for all of your expression rules and run them via Jenkins. For workflow testing you can use selenium or fitnesse 
 
 docs.appian.com/.../Running_Automated_Tests_on_Expression_Rules_with_Jenkins.html

sagarl511 · Answer

Appian provides smart service/functions to run unit test cases on all expression rules or only on application 
 
Please refer below links - 
 
 docs.appian.com/.../Automated_Testing_for_Expression_Rules.html 
 docs.appian.com/.../Start_Rule_Tests_All_Smart_Service.html 
 docs.appian.com/.../Start_Rule_Tests_Applications_Smart_Service.html 
 docs.appian.com/.../Expression_Rule_Testing_Functions.html 
 
Apart from this you can use Fitnesse for unit testing.

laurenc20 · Answer

While unit testing within the rule can be good at the time, I agree that creating extra test cases and integrating with Jenkins to run the tests daily is a good way to continuously unit test your rules.

docs.appian.com/.../Running_Automated_Tests_on_Expression_Rules_with_Jenkins.html

kunals0003 · Answer

Atleast run all the happy scenarios

Make sure there are no performance issues

Recode any inefficient code (unecessary database calls, unused variables, merge similar code to a single sub-rule)

Test every time you change something and make sure nothing breaks

Spotted a bug? Fix it and run a test to make sure it doesn't happen again

Pass proper arguments to your function and make the test expect the proper return value

Pass a NULL object reference. Do something that generates exceptions

If you have dependencies which are blocking you then modularize the code to remove them and test independently

Unit test according to the acceptance criteria before marking any story as 'Done'

Best way to do unit testing

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