{"id":338,"date":"2020-05-19T13:20:21","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startersites.io\/blocksy\/app\/?p=338"},"modified":"2025-11-03T14:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T14:25:15","slug":"guide-on-the-user-interface-buttons-menus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fintx.dev\/?p=338","title":{"rendered":"Getting to know the User Interface"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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1. Main Menu<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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client<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Shows the explorer panel that contains all gRPC clients.\u00a0 Testing of all methods types such as Unary, Server Streaming, Client Streaming, and Duplex Streaming are supported<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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tests<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Shows the functional test panel that contains all the functional tests defined for each gRPC client.\u00a0 Every functional test allows for a visual comparison of expected and actual responses<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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colxn (collections)<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Shows the collections of functional tests.\u00a0 Each collection contains functional tests that can be executed in parallel or in sequence<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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perf tests<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Shows the performance test panel that contains all the perf tests defined for each gRPC client.\u00a0 Various types of load testing scenarios can be configured for each per test<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Shows the mock services panel.\u00a0 gRPC services can be “mocked” by simply providing the protobuf file or address of a reflection service<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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2. gRPC client<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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After clicking the Compile button, all the methods of the generated gRPC client will be displayed.\u00a0 Double-click a method to open it in a new tab and start testing it\u00a0<\/p>\n

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3. Request Panel<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Displays user-friend treeview editor that allows the user to configure the values that will be sent in the gRPC request.\u00a0 For advanced users, the treeview can be displayed as json that can be directly edited<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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4. Actions<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Contains the buttons to trigger actions<\/p>\n

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    5. Response Panel<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Displays the response from the gRPC Service<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    6.Logs and Charts Panel<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Shows the log entries and chart plotting the duration (in msec) of each call to the gRPC service<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    1. Main Menu client Shows the explorer panel that contains all gRPC clients.\u00a0 Testing of all methods types such as Unary, Server Streaming, Client Streaming, and Duplex Streaming are supported tests Shows the functional test panel that contains all the functional tests defined for each gRPC client.\u00a0 Every functional test allows for a visual comparison […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fintx.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fintx.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fintx.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fintx.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fintx.dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/fintx.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2590,"href":"https:\/\/fintx.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions\/2590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fintx.dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fintx.dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fintx.dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}