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PCF Components in the FieldBuild, Test, Debug · Rule 4

Build, Test, Debug

Rule 4Chapter II

The test harness is your first environment.

Why this rule exists

npm start watch gives you a render loop in seconds. An environment round-trip costs minutes per attempt and pollutes a shared tenant with half-working versions.

PCF Components in the Field

In practice

Prove rendering, property changes, and updateView behavior in the harness before the component ever touches Dataverse. Keep a browser tab on the harness for the whole dev loop.

When it doesn't apply

Anything involving the WebAPI, real record context, or model-driven form events genuinely needs an environment — mock what you can, then test those paths on a dev tenant.

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