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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

Testing implementation details

Implementation details include the component state's current value or explicitly invoking a method attached to a button in the DOM. Implementation details are the under-the-hood parts of components abstracted away from the user when they use the component. As an analogy, we can think of the experience of driving a car. To move, you must use the key to start the car, put the car into drive, and press the gas pedal. You don't need to know how everything is wired together in the engine under the vehicle's hood. You probably do not even care. All you care about is that you can drive the car when you perform the behaviors mentioned.

In this section, you will explore the disadvantages of focusing on implementation details in your tests. We will show you examples of tests with implementation details. Finally, you will learn how to shift your focus away from thinking about implementation details when testing.

Problems with implementation...

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