Reader small image

You're reading from  Building Enterprise JavaScript Applications

Product typeBook
Published inSep 2018
Reading LevelIntermediate
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781788477321
Edition1st Edition
Languages
Right arrow
Author (1)
Daniel Li
Daniel Li
author image
Daniel Li

Daniel Li is a full-stack JavaScript developer at Nexmo. Previously, he was also the Managing Director of Brew, a digital agency in Hong Kong that specializes in MeteorJS. A proponent of knowledge-sharing and open source, Daniel has written over 100 blog posts and in-depth tutorials, helping hundreds of thousands of readers navigate the world of JavaScript and the web.
Read more about Daniel Li

Right arrow

TDD


When we developed the Register page, we implemented the features before writing the test. We did this because we didn't know how E2E tests work with React. Now that we do, it's time to implement a proper TDD process.

To implement TDD, we should look at the design of the UI, identify key elements that our tests would need interact with, and assign each of them an unique id. These ids then form the contract between our tests and the implementation.

For instance, if we developed our Registration Page using TDD, we would first assign the inputs to the IDs #email, #password, and #register-button, and write our test code using these IDs to select the element. Then, when we implement the feature, we will make sure to use the same IDs as specified in the test.

By using an id field, we can change the implementation details but leave the tests untouched. Imagine if we used a different selector, say, form > input[name="email"]; then, if we add an inner wrapper within the <form> element, we...

lock icon
The rest of the page is locked
Previous PageNext Page
You have been reading a chapter from
Building Enterprise JavaScript Applications
Published in: Sep 2018Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781788477321

Author (1)

author image
Daniel Li

Daniel Li is a full-stack JavaScript developer at Nexmo. Previously, he was also the Managing Director of Brew, a digital agency in Hong Kong that specializes in MeteorJS. A proponent of knowledge-sharing and open source, Daniel has written over 100 blog posts and in-depth tutorials, helping hundreds of thousands of readers navigate the world of JavaScript and the web.
Read more about Daniel Li