Mastering React Test-Driven Development: Build simple and maintainable web apps with React, Redux, and GraphQL, 2nd Edition

by Daniel Irvine, Justin Searls (Foreword)

Learn test-driven and behavior-driven development techniques that will give you greater confidence when building React applications 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 teaches you how to apply TDD when building React apps. You'll create a sample app using the same React libraries and tools that professional React developers use, such as Jest, React Router, Redux, Relay (GraphQL), Cucumber, and Puppeteer. The TDD workflow is supported by various testing techniques and patterns, which are useful even if you're not following the TDD process. This book covers these techniques by walking you through the creation of a component test framework. You'll learn automated testing theory which will help you work with any of the test libraries that are in standard usage today, such as React Testing Library. This second edition has been revised with a stronger focus on concise code examples and has been fully updated for React 18. By the end of this TDD book, you'll be able to use React, Redux, and GraphQL to develop robust web apps. 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.

Genres: Technical

564 pages, Paperback

Published September 30, 2022

Reviews

[Ivan Koma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written well, but very time consuming, I think you can only start some chapters if you have a need for a specific test