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Description

Jest is a JavaScript testing framework designed to ensure correctness of any JavaScript codebase. It works with projects using: Node, React, Angular, Vue etc.

Support and updates

  • Jest has 39544 stars, 5921 forks.
  • It has 21 major releases in the past 6 months.
  • It has 5 commits and there are 163 open pull requests.
  • It has 1093 open issues and 5989 have been closed.

Code statistics

  • Jest has 220 methods.

Blogs

Check out the latest blogs from LambdaTest on this topic:

Jenkins Vs. GoCD: Battle Of CI/CD Tools

If you focus on continuous delivery or continuous deployment, you might have come across tools like Jenkins and GoCD. Jenkins is a potent tool that allows you to use plugins available from its vast store. However, the ride to get started with Jenkins is tough, whereas GoCD has an effortless learning curve for beginners and experienced folks. But which one to choose for your project?

Express Testing: Getting Started Quickly With Examples

Before we talk about Express testing, it’s vital to skip fast-forwarding on what Express apps are. Express, a Node.js web application framework, can provide a minimalistic and flexible solution for mobile and web apps. The major use-case served by Express is to offer server-based logic for mobile and web apps when we use it everywhere.

Blueprint for Test Strategy Creation

Having a strategy or plan can be the key to unlocking many successes, this is true to most contexts in life whether that be sport, business, education, and much more. The same is true for any company or organisation that delivers software/application solutions to their end users/customers. If you narrow that down even further from Engineering to Agile and then even to Testing or Quality Engineering, then strategy and planning is key at every level.

Top 7 Programming Languages For Test Automation In 2020

So you are at the beginning of 2020 and probably have committed a new year resolution as a tester to take a leap from Manual Testing To Automation . However, to automate your test scripts you need to get your hands dirty on a programming language and that is where you are stuck! Or you are already proficient in automation testing through a single programming language and are thinking about venturing into new programming languages for automation testing, along with their respective frameworks. You are bound to be confused about picking your next milestone. After all, there are numerous programming languages to choose from.

Top Automation Testing Trends To Look Out In 2020

Quality Assurance (QA) is at the point of inflection and it is an exciting time to be in the field of QA as advanced digital technologies are influencing QA practices. As per a press release by Gartner, The encouraging part is that IT and automation will play a major role in transformation as the IT industry will spend close to $3.87 trillion in 2020, up from $3.76 trillion in 2019.

Jest Testing Tutorial

LambdaTest’s Jest Testing Tutorial covers step-by-step guides around Jest with code examples to help you be proficient with the Jest framework. The Jest tutorial has chapters to help you learn right from the basics of Jest framework to code-based tutorials around testing react apps with Jest, perform snapshot testing, import ES modules and more.

Chapters

  1. What is Jest Framework
  2. Advantages of Jest - Jest has 3,898,000 GitHub repositories, as mentioned on its official website. Learn what makes Jest special and why Jest has gained popularity among the testing and developer community.
  3. Jest Installation - All the prerequisites and set up steps needed to help you start Jest automation testing.
  4. Using Jest with NodeJS Project - Learn how to leverage Jest framework to automate testing using a NodeJS Project.
  5. Writing First Test for Jest Framework - Get started with code-based tutorial to help you write and execute your first Jest framework testing script.
  6. Jest Vocabulary - Learn the industry renowned and official jargons of the Jest framework by digging deep into the Jest vocabulary.
  7. Unit Testing with Jest - Step-by-step tutorial to help you execute unit testing with Jest framework.
  8. Jest Basics - Learn about the most pivotal and basic features which makes Jest special.
  9. Jest Parameterized Tests - Avoid code duplication and fasten automation testing with Jest using parameterized tests. Parameterization allows you to trigger the same test scenario over different test configurations by incorporating parameters.
  10. Jest Matchers - Enforce assertions better with the help of matchers. Matchers help you compare the actual output with the expected one. Here is an example to see if the object is acquired from the correct class or not. -

|<p>it('check_object_of_Car', () => {</p><p> expect(newCar()).toBeInstanceOf(Car);</p><p> });</p>| | :- |

  1. Jest Hooks: Setup and Teardown - Learn how to set up conditions which needs to be followed by the test execution and incorporate a tear down function to free resources after the execution is complete.
  2. Jest Code Coverage - Unsure there is no code left unchecked in your application. Jest gives a specific flag called --coverage to help you generate code coverage.
  3. HTML Report Generation - Learn how to create a comprehensive HTML report based on your Jest test execution.
  4. Testing React app using Jest Framework - Learn how to test your react web-application with Jest framework in this detailed Jest tutorial.
  5. Test using LambdaTest cloud Selenium Grid - Run your Jest testing script over LambdaTest cloud-based platform and leverage parallel testing to help trim down your test execution time.
  6. Snapshot Testing for React Front Ends - Capture screenshots of your react based web-application and compare them automatically for visual anomalies with the help of Jest tutorial.
  7. Bonus: Import ES modules with Jest - ES modules are also known as ECMAScript modules. Learn how to best use them by importing in your Jest testing scripts.
  8. Jest vs Mocha vs Jasmine - Learn the key differences between the most popular JavaScript-based testing frameworks i.e. Jest, Mocha, and Jasmine.
  9. Jest FAQs(Frequently Asked Questions) - Explore the most commonly asked questions around Jest framework, with their answers.

License

Jest is lincensed under the MIT License

LambdaTest Community Discussions

Questions
Discussion

What is the proper way to change the `jest mock return value` in each test case?

What could be the issue when trying to use the `jest update snapshot` with `-u` or `--updateSnapshot` flags?

How to correctly mock an ES6 class in Jest?

Advanced Playwright TypeScript Tutorial | Code Generation | Part II | LambdaTest

Encountering this error: Your test suite must contain at least one test?

What is the proper way to change the jest mock return value in each test case, especially when dealing with a mock module that is already imported in my component test file?

Here is an example of how I have set up my mock:

jest.mock('../../../magic/index', () => ({
navigationEnabled: () => true,
guidanceEnabled: () => true
}));

These mock functions are called inside the render function of my component to show or hide certain features.

Now, I want to take snapshots for different combinations of the return values of these mock functions. For example, I have the following test case:

it('RowListItem should not render navigation and guidance options', () => {
const wrapper = shallow(
<RowListItem type="regularList" {...props} />
);
expect(enzymeToJson(wrapper)).toMatchSnapshot();
});

To run this test, I want to change the mock functions’ return values to false dynamically, like this:

jest.mock('../../../magic/index', () => ({
navigationEnabled: () => false,
guidanceEnabled: () => false
}));

The issue is that since I am importing the RowListItem component, the mock module doesn’t get re-imported, so the mock return values don’t change as expected.

What is the solution to update the mock return values dynamically for each test case in this scenario?

https://community.lambdatest.com/t/35318

Hi,

You can solve this issue by mocking the module so it returns spies and then importing it into your test. Here’s how you can achieve that:

import { navigationEnabled, guidanceEnabled } from '../../../magic/index';

jest.mock('../../../magic/index', () => ({
navigationEnabled: jest.fn(),
guidanceEnabled: jest.fn()
}));

Now, you can use jest mock return value methods like mockImplementation or mockReturnValueOnce to change the return values dynamically in each test case.

For example:

navigationEnabled.mockImplementation(() => true); // Sets the return value to true for all subsequent calls

or

navigationEnabled.mockReturnValueOnce(true); // Sets the return value to true only for the next call

Then in the next test

navigationEnabled.mockImplementation(() => false); // Changes the return value to false for all subsequent calls

or

navigationEnabled.mockReturnValueOnce(false); // Sets the return value to false only for the next call

https://community.lambdatest.com/t/35318

You can also use beforeEach to set the mock return values at the start of each test case:

beforeEach(() => {
navigationEnabled.mockReturnValue(false);
guidanceEnabled.mockReturnValue(true);
});
https://community.lambdatest.com/t/35318

StackOverFlow community discussions

Questions
Discussion

How to wait for promise in Jest React test?

Cannot read property &#39;mockResolvedValue&#39; of undefined

ReferenceError: Cannot access &#39;mockMethod1&#39; before initialization

Test a form with Jest and React JS TestUtils

Intl.DateTimeFormat does not output same results on different machines

Intl.NumberFormat behaves incorrectly in Jest unit test?

How can I import Jest?

Expect a jest test to resolve, but don&#39;t care about the value

Jest wait until typemoq function called

Jest - Testing Module Multiple Times in One Test Suite

Just a hunch: try adding the done callback.

// Login-test.js
test('that when the signin fails, the stateResult model is updated with login-error', (done) => {

    const wrapper = shallow(<Landing />);
    wrapper.find('a#landingjsx-signin').simulate('click');

    wrapper.update();
    setTimeout(function() {
        try {
          expect(wrapper.state().stateResult).toEqual("login-error");
          done()
        } catch (e) {
          done.fail(e)
        }
    }, 100);
});

You need to wrap the expectation in try-catch, because expect throws on error and a test failure will cause done not to be called.

Also see the jest docs for more extended examples.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43481418/how-to-wait-for-promise-in-jest-react-test

Test case code snippets

Database testing - Check data integrity

Description:

Check for data integrity. Data should be stored in single or multiple tables based on the design.

Database testing - Check database field design

Description:

Check if the database fields are designed with the correct data type and data length.

Accessibility testing - Avoid auto-moving, blinking, scrolling, or updating content

Description:

Items on the page should not automatically move, blink, scroll, or update, including carousels. If content does automatically move, blink, scroll, or update, provide a way to pause, stop, or hide the moving, blinking, scrolling, or updating.

Shopify webpage testing - Verify site's analytics and reporting tools

Description:

This test case ensures that the site's analytics and reporting tools are operational and providing accurate and actionable data.

Downloads

Jest can be downloaded from it’s GitHub repository - https://github.com/facebook/jest

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