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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)

Technical requirements

For the examples in this chapter, you will need to have Node.js installed on your machine. We will be using the create-react-app CLI tool for all code examples. Please familiarize yourself with the tool if required before starting the chapter. Also, a basic understanding of the Material UI library will be helpful.

Code snippets will be provided throughout the chapter to help you understand the code under test, but the objective is understanding how to test the code. You can find the code examples for this chapter here: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Simplify-Testing-with-React-Testing-Library/tree/master/Chapter05.