You are writing a WPF application. I hope you are using the MVVM pattern. You can easily test the Model, ViewModel and services with something like xUnit.net. https://xunit.net
Writing tests for a view is a pain. As long as all your buttons are connected to the VM and you have no binding errors. UI logic belongs in the View. Business logic can be in the ViewModel or a business layer. How I have done it in the past. I wrote test for the business logic with automation such as xUnit. The UI I had to validate manually. Is the WPF app View first or ViewModel first? Dependency Injection is very beneficial in the C# code base. I have written small WPF apps that work both ways. Good luck, Tracy -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Wendt Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 2:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: To TEST or Not to Test... ...that is the Dilemma! And, yes - this is related to FoxPro - in regards to our current system conversion project of porting it to C#. I just asked my IT guy here at work (who sits on the desk opposite mine) - what he knew about doing software testing. From what he has heard, in regards to doing Automated type testing - that's mainly for Web/Browser based apps. Since, he figures - it's not so easy to do testing automation of Desktop Apps. So, I wanted to throw this out to the Hive Mind here. Is there actually tools that allow one to do automated testing for Desktop apps? And, if so - is any of that a kind of open-source thing? Cause - I really don't think the co. where I work would actually pay for testing automation tools. Anyway - that's it for now... L8r G8rs, -K [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
