Improving our tests in Vue CLI 3

There are several ways in which we can utilize Jest and other testing platforms in Vue CLI 3 for a better testing experience. In the next sections, we'll look at the following:

• Watching our unit tests in Vue CLI 3
• Setting parameters for our tasks
• Writing end-to-end tests with Cypress

Let's begin by working with the --watch flag.

Watching our tests in Vue CLI 3

The test:unit command comes with a --watch flag. To see it in action, all we need to do is go back to the Project tasks page in Vue UI and, with the test:unit task selected, click on the Parameters button as follows:

Figure 4.15: The Parameters button inside the test:unit task

Clicking the Parameters button will trigger a...