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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 6: Implementing Additional Tools and Plugins for Testing

In the previous chapters, we learned the basics of React Testing Library and how to test from simple to complex components using the tool. In this chapter, we will learn how to increase our productivity by using additional tools. We will install and use a few plugins to help our ability to write tests by avoiding common mistakes and following React Testing Library's best practices.

We will add a library to audit and increase application accessibility. We'll ensure we select the best React Testing Library query method with Testing Playground. Finally, we will increase our productivity by using Wallaby.js to receive rapid feedback on our tests' status from our code editor.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics: 

  • Using eslint-plugin-testing-library to follow best practices and avoid common mistakes when using React Testing Library
  • Using eslint-plugin-jest...