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# Step 2.4
[Lessons](../) | [Exercise](./exercise/) | [Demo](./demo/)
Testing TypeScript code with jest. jest is a test framework made by Facebook and is very popular in the React and the wider JS ecosystem. We will work on implementing simple unit tests here in this exercise.
https://jestjs.io/
# jest Features
- Multi-threaded and isolated test runner
- Provides a "fake" browser environment if needed (window, document, DOM, etc).
- Snapshots: show API or large object changes along side code changes in pull requests
- Code coverage is integrated (--coverage)
- Very clear error messages of where the test failures occur
- By default, will simulate a "good enough" browser environment called JSDOM
# How to use jest
- using `create-react-app` or other project generators, jest should already be preconfigured. Run `npm test` usually will trigger it!
- needs `jest.config.js`
- `jsdom` might not have enough API from real browsers, for those cases, polyfills are required. Place these inside `jest.setup.js` and hook up the setup file in `jest.config.js`
- in order to use `enzyme` library to test React Components, more config bits are needed inside `jest.setup.js`
# What does a test look like?
```ts
// describe(), it() and expect() are globally exported, so they don't need to be imported when jest runs these tests
describe('Something to be tested', () => {
it('should describe the behavior', () => {
expect(true).toBe(true);
});
});
```
# Test React Components by using `enzyme`
- use `enzyme` to `mount()` the component (as oppose to rendering)
- the `mount()` function will return a wrapper that can be inspected
- the wrapper has functionality like `find()`, simulating clicks, etc.
```tsx
import React from 'react';
import { mount } from 'enzyme';
import { TestMe } from './TestMe';
describe('TestMe Component', () => {
it('should have a non-clickable component when the origina InnerMe is clicked', () => {
const wrapper = mount(<TestMe name="world" />);
wrapper.find('#innerMe').simulate('click');
expect(wrapper.find('#innerMe').text()).toBe('Clicked');
});
});
```
# Advanced Topics
## Mocking
Mocking functions is a large part of what makes `jest` a powerful testing library. `jest` actually intercepts module inclusion process in `node.js` allowing it to mock entire modules if needed. There are many ways to mock as you can imagine in a language as flexible as JS. We only look at the simplest case but there's a lot of depth here.
To mock a function:
```ts
it('some test function', () => {
const mockCallback = jest.fn(x => 42 + x);
mockCallback(1);
mockCallback(2);
expect(mockCallback.mock.calls.length).toBe(2);
});
```
Read more about jest mocking here: https://jestjs.io/docs/en/mock-functions.html
## Async Testing
### callback
```ts
it('tests callback functions', (done) => {
someFunctionThatCallsDone(done));
})
```
### promise
```ts
it('tests promise functions', () => {
return someFunctionThatReturnsPromise());
})
```
### (recommended) async / await
```ts
it('tests async functions', async () => {
expect(await someFunction()).toBe(5);
});
```
# Demo
## jest basics
In this repo, we can start an inner loop development of tests with the command: `npm test`
Take a look at code inside `demo/src`:
1. `index.ts` is exports a few functions for a counter as well as a test for squaring numbers but demonstrates out jest uses mocks
2. `multiply.ts` is a contrived example of a function that is exported
3. `index.spec.ts` is the test file: note how tests are re-run on save to test file changes as well as source code changes under `src`
## testing React applications
You can also test React Components with `jest` with the help of a partner library called `enzyme`. Take a look at the test below:
```ts
import { mount } from 'enzyme';
describe('Foo Component Tests', () => {
it('allows us to set props', () => {
const wrapper = mount(<Foo bar="baz" />);
expect(wrapper.props().bar).toBe('baz');
wrapper.setProps({ bar: 'foo' });
expect(wrapper.props().bar).toBe('foo');
});
});
```
`mount` does a full mount of the component. You can use the `enzyme` wrapper to simulate clicks, etc.:
```ts
wrapper.find('button').simulate('click');
```
# Exercise
## Basic Testing
1. Run the tests by running `npm test` at the root of the bootcamp project
2. Look at the `stack.ts` for a sample implementation of a stack
3. Follow the instructions inside the `stack.spec.ts` file to complete the two tests
## Enzyme Testing
1. Open up `exercise/src/TestMe.spec.tsx`
2. Fill in the blank for the missing test using `enzyme` concepts introduced from the demo
3. Run tests with `npm test`