What is OPA5 ?

OPA5 is an API for SAPUI5 controls.

It is used to write automated tests for SAPUI5 applications.
OPA stands for One Page Acceptance Tests.
It is simply Qunit tests for SAPUI5 controls.
We can summarize it as :

Qunit + SAPUI5 = OPA5

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Advantages of OPA5:
Quick and easy access to JavaScript functions
Easy access to SAPUI5 elements.
Easy ramp-up as it can be used with any JavaScript unit test framework,
such as QUnit or Jasmine
Feedback within seconds makes it possible to execute tests directly after
a change
Using the same runtime enables debugging
Asynchronicity is handled with polling instead of timeouts, which makes it
faster

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Limitations of OPA5
Screen capturing
Testing across more than one page
Remote test execution
End-to-end tests are not recommended with OPA due to authentication issues and
fragility of test data

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