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A week or so ago, I found myself troubleshooting a Docker issue with one of my fellow engineers at Sensible Weather. He, an authority on all things software architecture and backend engineering, and I were working to get our CI…
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The core of TypeScript is, unsurprisingly, types. Types are considered really only as needed, in the most menial sense, in JavaScript. They tend to be consequences of our code or context, rather than tools leveraged for…
Early on in my JavaScript journey, I loved the flexibility the language offered. What’s not to love? JavaScript provided for a super easy programming experience, in which I was allowed to do whatever I wanted with absolutely no push back. Love that.
That is, I loved that until I started…
Note: This article assumes a basic understanding of Jest and the React Testing Library. If you are not familiar with the general testing structure of React, I recommend starting with this series.
Mocking is a core tenet of unit-testing a React application. It is a key tool for following RTL’s…
In the process of building a user interface, handling unexpected behaviors is equally important to handling expected behaviors. Even with all of the testing in the world, someone, somewhere, will (accidentally) figure out how to break your app. Even the most reliable network will, at some point, fail.
While it…
Modern code would be largely untenable without inheritance, which “allows programmers to create classes that are built upon existing classes”. It is a cornerstone of object-oriented programming. While React in many ways leverages traditional object-oriented practices, JSX and its overall structure create divergences from traditional composition. …
There is no magic sequence of steps to getting a job. I have no singular secret to guarantee an offer. I have, however, spent ample time both assessing this very question during my own job search and reflecting on it after the fact.
My LinkedIn inbox is consistently pinged with…
This article is part of a series on testing in React:
Testing In React, Part 1: Types & Tools
Testing In React, Part 2: React Testing Library
Testing in React, Part 3: Jest & Jest-Dom
Testing in React, Part 4: Enzyme
Testing in React, Part 5: End-to-End Testing with Cypress
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This article is part of a series on testing in React:
Testing In React, Part 1: Types & Tools
Testing In React, Part 2: React Testing Library
Testing in React, Part 3: Jest & Jest-Dom
Testing in React, Part 4: Enzyme
Testing in React, Part 5: End-to-End Testing with Cypress
This article is part of a series on testing in React:
Testing In React, Part 1: Types & Tools
Testing In React, Part 2: React Testing Library
Testing in React, Part 3: Jest & Jest-Dom
Testing in React, Part 4: Enzyme
