Implementing React Tests with Jest
Explore how to implement automated tests in React using Jest. This lesson covers writing unit tests for functions in a React project, running tests, and understanding Jest’s testing syntax to ensure your frontend code behaves as expected.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
We are going to turn our attention to creating automated tests for the frontend with Jest. Jest is the de facto testing tool in the React community and is maintained by Facebook. Jest is included in Create React App (CRA) projects, which means that it has already been installed and configured in our project.
We are going to start by testing a simple function so that we can get familiar with Jest before moving on to testing a React component.
Getting started with Jest
We'll start to get familiar with Jest by adding some ...