Reader small image

You're reading from  Mastering React Test-Driven Development - Second Edition

Product typeBook
Published inSep 2022
Reading LevelIntermediate
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781803247120
Edition2nd Edition
Languages
Tools
Right arrow
Author (1)
Daniel Irvine
Daniel Irvine
author image
Daniel Irvine

Daniel Irvine is a UK-based software consultant. He helps businesses simplify their existing codebases and assists dev teams in improving the quality of their software using eXtreme programming (XP) practices. He has been coaching developers for many years and co-founded the Queer Code London meetup.
Read more about Daniel Irvine

Right arrow

Adding a form element

An HTML form is a bunch of fields wrapped in a form element. Even though we’re mostly interested in the fields, we need to start with the form element itself. That’s what we’ll build in this section.

Let’s create our first form by following these steps:

  1. Create a new file called test/CustomerForm.test.js and add the following scaffold. It contains all the usual imports and component test initialization that you’ve seen in the previous chapters:
    import React from "react";
    import {
      initializeReactContainer,
      render,
      element,
    } from "./reactTestExtensions";
    import { CustomerForm } from "../src/CustomerForm";
    describe("CustomerForm", () => {
      beforeEach(() => {
        initializeReactContainer();
      });
    });
  2. Now you’re ready to create your first test. Add the following test to the describe block...
lock icon
The rest of the page is locked
Previous PageNext Page
You have been reading a chapter from
Mastering React Test-Driven Development - Second Edition
Published in: Sep 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803247120

Author (1)

author image
Daniel Irvine

Daniel Irvine is a UK-based software consultant. He helps businesses simplify their existing codebases and assists dev teams in improving the quality of their software using eXtreme programming (XP) practices. He has been coaching developers for many years and co-founded the Queer Code London meetup.
Read more about Daniel Irvine