An Introduction to the React Testing Library
In 2018, Kent C. Dodds wrote: "The more your tests resemble the way your software is used, the more confidence they can give you." This phrase became the guiding principle for the entire Testing Library ecosystem.
A few years later, the React Testing Library became the de facto library for writing unit and integration tests in the React ecosystem.
Thanks to its user-centric perspective, our tests are closer to our user experience and far away from implementation details.
In this course, you will learn how to:
- render your components
- properly query your UI for elements while keeping accessibility and your users' experience in mind
- improve your testing experience with the usage of some utilities
- interact with your components to fire events
- leverage asynchronous utilities to customize your testing flow
- get rid of the annoying "not wrapped in act" warning
After this course, you should be able to write and debug any test using the React Testing Library!
Learner Reviews
- What did you like about this course?
Interesting course and easy to understand
Learner7 months ago - What did you like about this course?
Verry succinct and to the point.
lvanngo10 months ago - What did you like about this course?
It's good but it could be more complex including examples for mock endpoints call or even showing more error cases.
Rafael Pereira10 months ago - What did you like about this course?
I learned RTL by osmosis in an existing codebase. This course helped cement the concepts and add a few pointers for writing test code quicker next time. There were a few things I had not seen before. The last video on the use of act is perhaps the most challenging one to wrap my head around.
Josea year ago - What did you like about this course?
Basic but straight to the point, I think Daniel explain very well all these basic concepts. Looking forward for a more advanced course
Jeirsena year ago - What did you like about this course?
Clear and concise valuable info. Great explanation of each of the methods and how to use the testing library.
Federico Hernándeza year ago
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