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Simplify Testing with React Testing Library

By : Scottie Crump
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Simplify Testing with React Testing Library

By: Scottie Crump

Overview of this book

React Testing Library (RTL) is a lightweight and easy-to-use tool for testing the document object model (DOM) output of components. This book will show you how to use this modern, user-friendly tool to test React components, reducing the risk that your application will not work as expected in production. The book demonstrates code snippets that will allow you to implement RTL easily, helping you to understand the guiding principles of the DOM Testing Library to write tests from the perspective of the user. You'll explore the advantages of testing components from the perspective of individuals who will actually use your components, and use test-driven development (TDD) to drive the process of writing tests. As you advance, you'll discover how to add RTL to React projects, test components using the Context API, and also learn how to write user interface (UI) end-to-end tests using the popular Cypress library. Throughout this book, you’ll work with practical examples and useful explanations to be able to confidently create tests that don't break when changes are made. By the end of this React book, you will have learned all you need to be able to test React components confidently.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)

Introducing the DOM Testing Library

The DOM Testing Library is a collection of tools created by Kent C. Dodds and numerous contributors to make our lives easier when our goal is to test our applications' UI from real users' perspectives. This section will give you an overview of how the library can help make testing efforts focused on users' perspectives a lot easier.

What is the DOM Testing Library?

The DOM Testing Library makes it easier to test the UI of applications like real users to gain confidence that the application works as expected for users. There are no methods to get the component's state value or directly invoke component methods.

The library encourages you to select DOM elements in ways that are available to all users. The library's API includes accessibility-focused query methods allowing you to interact with the DOM like users with disabilities who require tools such as screen readers or other forms of assistive technology to navigate...