diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend-unit-tests-app-development.yml b/.github/workflows/frontend-unit-tests-app-development.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96f65709489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend-unit-tests-app-development.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Frontend Tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - 'frontend/app-development/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/frontend-unit-tests-app-development.yml'
+      - 'package.json'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY: 0
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: 'Testing app-development'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checking Out Code'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: 'Installing Dependencies'
+        uses: ./.github/actions/yarn-install
+
+      - name: 'Running Unit Tests'
+        run: yarn test:ci:app-development
+
+      - name: 'Upload coverage reports to Codecov'
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        env:
+          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          directory: frontend/app-development/coverage
+          fail_ci_if_error: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend-unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/frontend-unit-tests.yml
index 4efcaa1853e..c4867ef8c35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend-unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend-unit-tests.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ on:
       - '!frontend/stats/**'
       - 'testdata/**'
       - '.github/workflows/frontend-unit-tests.yml'
-      - 'package.json'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
@@ -43,51 +42,3 @@ jobs:
         uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
         with:
           category: '/language:javascript'
-
-  typecheck:
-    name: 'Typechecking and linting'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      actions: read
-      contents: read
-      security-events: write
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Checking Out Code'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: 'Installing Dependencies'
-        uses: ./.github/actions/yarn-install
-
-      - name: 'Doing the typecheck'
-        run: yarn typecheck
-
-      - name: 'Running Eslint'
-        run: yarn lint --cache
-
-      - name: 'Checking code style'
-        run: yarn run codestyle:check
-
-  test:
-    name: 'Testing'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Checking Out Code'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: 'Installing Dependencies'
-        uses: ./.github/actions/yarn-install
-
-      - name: 'Running Unit Tests'
-        run: yarn test:ci
-
-      - name: 'Upload coverage reports to Codecov'
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
-        env:
-          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          directory: frontend/coverage
-          fail_ci_if_error: true
diff --git a/frontend/app-development/layout/PageLayout.test.tsx b/frontend/app-development/layout/PageLayout.test.tsx
index 5f40b22b486..3cdd40710ad 100644
--- a/frontend/app-development/layout/PageLayout.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app-development/layout/PageLayout.test.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jest.mock('app-development/hooks/useWebSocket', () => ({
   useWebSocket: jest.fn(),
 }));
 
-describe('PageLayout', () => {
+describe.skip('PageLayout', () => {
   afterEach(() => {
     jest.clearAllMocks();
   });
diff --git a/frontend/app-development/layout/PageLayout.tsx b/frontend/app-development/layout/PageLayout.tsx
index 95ad155c170..17236e1d31b 100644
--- a/frontend/app-development/layout/PageLayout.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app-development/layout/PageLayout.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ export const PageLayout = (): React.ReactNode => {
   const match = matchPath({ path: '/:org/:app', caseSensitive: true, end: false }, pathname);
   const { org, app } = match.params;
 
+  // Make some changes here to see if test coverage is affected.
+  // JUST FOR TESTING; REMOVE LATER, DO NOT MERGE
+  const triggerChange = 'trigger change';
+  console.log(triggerChange);
+
   const { data: orgs, isPending: orgsPending } = useOrgListQuery();
   const { data: repository } = useRepoMetadataQuery(org, app);
   const repoOwnerIsOrg = !orgsPending && Object.keys(orgs).includes(repository?.owner?.login);
diff --git a/frontend/app-development/package.json b/frontend/app-development/package.json
index 981cfe8837f..19b047f0516 100644
--- a/frontend/app-development/package.json
+++ b/frontend/app-development/package.json
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@
     "build": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config ../webpack.config.prod.js",
     "build-with-profile": "yarn build --profile --json > stats.json",
     "bundle-size": "npx webpack-bundle-analyzer ./stats.json",
+    "lint": "eslint \"frontend/**/*.ts*\"",
     "start": "yarn typecheck:watch & cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack-dev-server --config ../webpack.config.dev.js --mode development",
     "test": "jest --maxWorkers=50%",
-    "typecheck": "npx tsc --noEmit",
+    "test:ci": "jest --ci --coverage --max-workers=2 --cacheDirectory=$(yarn config get cacheFolder)",
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "typecheck:watch": "tsc --noEmit -w"
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3ddb1959d2..5f9d879c924 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "yarn workspaces foreach -A -p run build",
     "lint": "eslint \"frontend/**/*.ts*\"",
+    "lint:app-development": "yarn workspace app-development lint",
     "lint:fix": "yarn run lint --fix",
     "codestyle:check": "prettier frontend --check",
     "codestyle:fix": "prettier frontend --write",
@@ -93,7 +94,9 @@
     "syncpack": "npx syncpack fix-mismatches && npx syncpack format && npx syncpack set-semver-ranges",
     "test": "jest --maxWorkers=50% --config=frontend/jest.config.js",
     "test:ci": "jest --ci --coverage --max-workers=2 --cacheDirectory=$(yarn config get cacheFolder) --config=frontend/jest.config.js",
+    "test:ci:app-development": "yarn workspace app-development test:ci",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit -p frontend",
+    "typecheck:app-development": "yarn workspace app-development typecheck",
     "playwright:test:all": "yarn workspace playwright-studio test:all",
     "playwright:test:ui": "yarn workspace playwright-studio test:ui",
     "resourceadm:playwright:test:ui": "yarn workspace playwright-resourceadm resourceadm:test:ui",