Mastering Jest: A Complete Guide to Testing
Beginner
52 Lessons
12h
Certificate of Completion
Takeaway Skills
Hands-on experience with writing clean and meaningful tests for any JavaScript code
An understanding of the best practices for writing JavaScript tests
Working knowledge of implementing testing coverage requirements in an application
Familiarity with mocking the internal and external dependencies for testing
The use of integrated test suites with a CI/CD pipeline
Configuration of a testing environment for your needs
Course Overview
Jest is a framework for testing applications developed in JavaScript. It has a well-documented and well-maintained range of tools to run tests in parallel. It is simple and works with projects using Babel, TypeScript, Node, React, Angular, Vue, etc. It works well for both client and server testing. This course covers Jest in-depth and is agnostic of any specific JavaScript framework. The course begins with the fundamentals of Jest testing, deconstructing the components of a test and covering how to compos...Show More
Course Content
Introduction
Setting Up Jest
Jest Matchers
Writing Unit Tests
Writing Snapshot Tests
Asynchronous Code
5 Lessons
Mocking
6 Lessons
Mocking External Libraries
8 Lessons
Working with Jest Mocks
Project
Setup & Teardown
4 Lessons
Test Coverage & CI/CD Pipelines
4 Lessons
Test Coverage in Jest
Project
Conclusion
1 Lesson
Bonus: Best Practices
1 Lesson
Bonus: Resources for Continued Learning
1 Lesson
Appendix
2 Lessons
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