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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

Summary

This chapter has taken a detailed look at the steps involved in the Red-Green-Refactor workflow. You have seen how much thinking is involved in every single step, and how the TDD process provides a scaffold for both solo work and work as a team.

You have also seen how to create a Svelte component using TDD to write a unit test for the Vitest test runner.

The value of this kind of critical thinking is that it will help you map out your intended work from start to finish, removing the fear of going down a wrong path or getting lost. If you take time to practice this workflow, it will soon become second nature.

In the next chapter, we’ll introduce Playwright testing, and you’ll build a page to hold the Birthday component.