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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)

Increasing our testing productivity with Wallaby.js

In this section, we will learn how to increase our productivity by using the Wallaby.js productivity tool. Wallaby.js works by automatically running your tests behind the scenes via a Headless Chrome browser. There is also the option to run tests in other environments, such as Node.js or Phantom.js, with a custom configuration file. Wallaby.js helps to speed up your workflow by providing immediate test results inside your code editor, so you can type without needing to save and run a test script to view the results.

Wallaby.js provides many features, such as the following:

  • Time Travel Debugging: This allows you to navigate through your code to pinpoint bug sources easily.
  • Test Story Viewer: This provides the ability to view the code associated with your test on one compact screen.
  • Inline Code Coverage: This informs you of the test coverage for each line of code inside the code editor.

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