Server Mock Tips
Explore how to create effective server mocks in Jest by simulating incoming requests, responses, databases, and external services. Understand mocking strategies for different server layers to isolate components and test specific scenarios more effectively.
Considerations in server mocks
Servers, in the highest level sense, have a few main responsibilities. First and foremost, they manage the request and response cycle. They accept incoming requests, route them, process them, and then send the appropriate response back. Everything else that they do (for the most part) is in service to this. Secondly, servers perform the logic necessary to fulfill these requests. This might include validating the incoming request, parsing and transforming data, and catching and performing authorization checks. Last, servers get the data needed to fulfill requests. This might be through the querying of a database or ...