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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)

Chapter 4: Integration Testing and Third-Party Libraries in Your Application

In previous chapters, we learned how to test components in isolation separate from dependencies. We also learned how to test components that manage state. In many applications, teams can increase velocity by incorporating third-party tools to manage state and build components. By the end of this chapter, you will have learned about the benefits of using the integration approach to testing. You will understand how to configure tests to make assertions against components using advanced state management tools. You will learn how to test for errors rendered in applications. You will test components that interact with API servers that structure data differently from traditional Representational State Transfer (REST) APIs by allowing you to describe and receive only the specific data needed by your frontend application. Finally, you will learn how to test components that use a popular React component library.

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