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Simplify Testing with React Testing Library

You're reading from   Simplify Testing with React Testing Library Create maintainable tests using RTL that do not break with changes

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800564459
Length 246 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Exploring React Testing Library 2. Chapter 2: Working with React Testing Library FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Testing Complex Components with React Testing Library 4. Chapter 4: Integration Testing and Third-Party Libraries in Your Application 5. Chapter 5: Refactoring Legacy Applications with React Testing Library 6. Chapter 6: Implementing Additional Tools and Plugins for Testing 7. Chapter 7: End-to-End UI Testing with Cypress 8. Answers 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Implementing test-driven development

Test-Driven Development (TDD) entails writing unit tests first and then building the code to pass. The TDD approach allows you to think about whether the code is correct for the tests you want to write. The process provides a perspective that focuses on the least amount of code needed to make tests pass. TDD is also known as Red, Green, Refactor. Red represents failing tests, Green represents passing tests, and as the name says, Refactor means refactoring the code while maintaining passing tests. A typical TDD workflow would be the following:

  1. Write a test.
  2. Run the test, expecting it to fail.
  3. Write the minimum amount of code to make the test pass.
  4. Rerun the test to verify it passes.
  5. Refactor the code as needed.
  6. Repeat steps 2 through 5 as needed.

We can use React Testing Library to drive the development of React components using the TDD approach. First, we will use TDD to build the Vote component we introduced...

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