Testing Lab 2: Snapshot Tests

Objectives

• Install React's Test Renderer
• Create Your First Snapshot Test

Steps

Install React's Test Renderer

1. Open a command prompt (Windows) or terminal (Mac).

2. Change the current directory to code\keeptrack.

3. Run one of the following sets of commands:

   npm

   npm i react-test-renderer --save-dev
   npm i @types/react-test-renderer --save-dev

   Yarn

   yarn add react-test-renderer
   yarn add @types/react-test-renderer --save-dev

Create Your First Snapshot Test

1. Add a snapshot test for the component. Organize the tests in a suite (describe function).

   src\home\HomePage.test.js

   import React from 'react';
   import HomePage from './HomePage';
   + import renderer from 'react-test-renderer';
   
   + describe('<HomePage />', () => {
   
     test('should render without crashing', () => {
       render(<HomePage />);
     });
   
   +  test('snapshot', () => {
   +    const tree = renderer.create(<HomePage />).toJSON();
   +    expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
   +  });
   
   + });

2. Verify the snapshot is created.

    › 1 snapshot written.

3. Open src\home\__snapshots__\HomePage.test.js.snap and review the contents.

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✔ You have completed Testing Lab 2