This is the code repository for Mastering React Test-Driven Development - Second Edition, published by Packt.
Build simple and maintainable web apps with React, Redux, and GraphQL
Test-driven development (TDD) is a programming workflow that helps you build your apps by specifying behavior as automated tests. The TDD workflow future-proofs apps so that they can be modified without fear of breaking existing functionality. Another benefit of TDD is that it helps software development teams communicate their intentions more clearly, by way of test specifications.
This book covers the following exciting features:
- Build test-driven applications using React 18 and Jest
- Understand techniques and patterns for writing great automated tests
- Use test doubles and mocks effectively
- Test-drive browser APIs, including the Fetch API and the WebSocket API
- Integrate with libraries such as React Router, Redux, and Relay (GraphQL
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All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.
The code will look like the following:
ReactDOM.createRoot(
document.getElementById("root")
).render(
<AppointmentsDayView
appointments={sampleAppointments}
/>
);
Following is what you need for this book: This book is for frontend developers who are looking to improve their testing practices and increase the quality and maintainability of their applications. To make the most of this book, you’ll need knowledge of the JavaScript programming language.
With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book (Chapter 1-19).
| Chapter | Software required | OS required |
|---|---|---|
| 1-19 | npm | Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux |
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This repository stores the source code for two JavaScript web applications which have been produced using a test-driven development (TDD) workflow. In addition to the application code, there are almost 500 Jest unit tests and also some Cucumber tests that utilise Puppeteer.
You'll find a list of directories, Chapter01 through Chapter18, that follow the first eighteen chapters of the book.
Chapter01 to Chapter13 cover an application called Appointments, which is an appointment booking system for hair salons.
Chapter14 to Chapter18 cover an application called Spec Logo, which is an implementation of the Logo programming environment.
These directories contains the following subfolders:
Start, which contains the code that begins the chapter. All the code samples and walkthroughs are built on top of this directory. If you're following along with the book, you'll want to use this start point.Exercises, which contains the code at the end of the chapter, without any of the chapter exercises completely. If you're not following along but you do want to try the exercises, you'll want to start here.Complete, which contains solutions to the exercises.
(Not all chapters have exercises, and Chapter11 has no walkthrough.)
The book has a final chapter, Chapter 19, Understanding TDD in the Wider Testing Landscape, that has no code :)
If you're interested in seeing the complete solutions to these applications, together with their implementations and all of the tests, take a look in Chapter13/Complete (for Appointments) and Chapter18/Complete (for Spec Logo), or you can look at the head of the appointments and spec-logo branches.
If you're using the book, please fork the repository and clone it on your local machine. Then you can start pushing your own commits as you work along with the book.
You'll need to have Node installed and a code editor of your choice.
- Make sure you've cloned the repo.
- In a terminal, navigate to the directory of your choice, e.g.
Chapter18/Complete. - Run
npm install. - Run
npm test.
You can also run an individual test file by appending the test file path, for example, npm test test/CustomerForm.test.js.
In the first 5 chapters, there's no server, so after building the app you'll need to navigate to the dist/index.html file in your browser.
- Run
npm run build. - Run
open dist/index.htmlto open the application in your browser. If this step doesn't work, open your web browser manually and then paste in the full file path into the location bar.
Note: if you see a blank screen, check your console for errors, and see the Troubleshooting section at the bottom of this document.
- Run
npm run build. - Run
npm run serve. - Navigate to
http://localhost:3000in your browser.
If port 3000 is in use or you'd rather use another port, you can use PORT=8080 npm run serve.
As the chapters progress, the build script will build not just the source code you're working on, but also the Node server application and the Relay GraphQL compiler.
You can use npm run lint to see any linting issues using ESLint, and npm run format to format the source code using Prettier.
If you're playing around with the server source, you can use npm run build-server and npm run test-server.
There are two branches, appointments and spec-logo that were used during the writing process and show the history of how the application was built. You are welcome to inspect and use those too. All of the chapter directories in the main branch were auto-generated from these branches.
You may need to enable local file access in your browser. Take a look in the developer console and it should give you instructions for what to do.
(In Safari on MacOS, you need to select Develop > Disable Local File Restrictions.)
Please create a new Issue in the repository and I'll do my best to assist you.
Because I preferred x over y. This applies to the following, but note this list is probably not exhaustive:
| Book's choice | Another choice | Why? |
|---|---|---|
| Hand-rolled test library | React Testing Library | (I believe) you'll learn more this way. |
| Jest | Mocha | (I actually prefer Mocha, but) Jest is what most React developers are familiar with. See the How can I use Mocha instead of Jest? section below. |
| Cucumber/Puppeteer | Cypress | I dislike that Cypress has an API that is unique to its product, whereas Puppeteer is a bolt-on to all the standard unit testing techniques, and Cucumber is a transferable skill because it has integrations for many different languages and runtimes. |
| Relay | Apollo | (I believe) Relay is simpler. |
| Redux saga | Redux thunk | (I believe) Sagas are more complicated, so at this point in this book it's a more interesting choice. |
For the most part, there's a 1-to-1 mapping between the Jest API and the Mocha API. I maintain a page at https://reacttdd.com/migrating-from-jest-to-mocha that you can use as a quick guide to using Mocha rather than Jest as you go through the book.
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A Frontend Web Developer’s Guide to Testing [Packt] [Amazon]
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React 17 Design Patterns and Best Practices - Third Edition [Packt] [Amazon]
Daniel Irvine is a software consultant based in London. He works with a variety of languages including C#, Clojure, JavaScript, and Ruby. He’s a mentor and coach for junior developers and runs TDD and XP workshops and courses. When he’s not working, he spends time cooking and practicing yoga. He co-founded the Queer Code London meetup and is an active member of the European software craft community.
You can contact the author directly by raising Issues here in GitHub, or via his website at danielirvine.com.
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