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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)

Testing accessibility with jest-axe

In this section, we will learn how to use a tool that is designed to help improve the accessibility of our features. There are many tools available that can help increase accessibility by automating the process of auditing and reporting issues, such as Wave (https://wave.webaim.org/) and Lighthouse (https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse). However, there is no single tool that can guarantee accessibility across an entire application. Accessibility auditing tools are helpful, but they do not replace the need for manual accessibility auditing done by a human. For example, when an abbreviation is used for the first time in a line of text, the related expanded version should be included:

Structured Query Language (SQL) is used to manage data in relational databases.

In the preceding sentence, the expanded version, Structured Query Language, is included with its abbreviated form, SQL. The sentence would need to be manually checked to...