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Svelte with Test-Driven Development

By : Daniel Irvine
Book Image

Svelte with Test-Driven Development

By: Daniel Irvine

Overview of this book

Svelte is a popular front-end framework used for its focus on performance and user-friendliness, and test-driven development (TDD) is a powerful approach that helps in creating automated tests before writing code. By combining them, you can create efficient, maintainable code for modern applications. Svelte with Test-Driven Development will help you learn effective automated testing practices to build and maintain Svelte applications. In the first part of the book, you’ll find a guided walkthrough on building a SvelteKit application using the TDD workflow. You’ll uncover the main concepts for writing effective unit test cases and practical advice for developing solid, maintainable test suites that can speed up application development while remaining effective as the application evolves. In the next part of the book, you’ll focus on refactoring and advanced test techniques, such as using component mocks and writing BDD-style tests with the Cucumber.js framework. In the final part of the book, you’ll explore how to test complex application and framework features, including authentication, Svelte stores, and service workers. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to build test-driven Svelte applications by employing theoretical and practical knowledge.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Part 1: Learning the TDD Cycle
8
Part 2: Refactoring Tests and Application Code
16
Part 3: Testing SvelteKit Features

Introducing the Red-Green-Refactor Workflow

This chapter introduces the Red-Green-Refactor workflow, which is at the heart of Test-Driven Development (TDD). You’ll use it to write a first Svelte component, including a unit-test suite that specifies the behavior of the component.

This workflow benefits you because it provides a structure for implementing software. It makes it less likely that you’ll implement the wrong thing. It also helps you to avoid overcomplicating solutions.

This chapter covers the following topics:

  • Understanding the Red-Green-Refactor workflow
  • Thinking ahead with up-front design
  • Writing a failing test
  • Making it pass
  • Refactoring the tests
  • Adding styles to the component

By the end of the chapter, you’ll have written your first pieces of Svelte functionality using TDD.