Overview: Effective UI Testing for React Components

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We have already been introduced to testing with Python and Django in the chapter “Testing the REST API.” In this chapter, the context is different because we will work with JavaScript and React to test the frontend components we have designed and implemented. This chapter will show us what to test in a frontend application and how to write tests for React UI components.

Topics covered in this chapter

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Component testing in React.

  • Jest and the React Testing Library (RTL).

  • Testing form components.

  • Testing post components.

  • Snapshot testing.

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