Learn the core principles and importance of testing in frontend development.
- Why test frontend code?
- Types of testing
- Testing pyramid
- Test-driven development
- Behavior-driven development
- Testing philosophy
- Cost of bugs
- Testing mindset
Master unit testing for individual functions, components, and modules.
- Unit testing concepts
- Arrange, Act, Assert
- Test isolation
- Mocking dependencies
- Test coverage
- Edge cases
- Unit test best practices
- Red-Green-Refactor
Learn Jest, the popular JavaScript testing framework for comprehensive testing.
- Jest setup and configuration
- Writing test suites
- Matchers and assertions
- Mocking with Jest
- Snapshot testing
- Async testing
- Jest CLI and watch mode
- Custom matchers
Test React components effectively with React Testing Library.
- Testing Library philosophy
- Rendering components
- Querying elements
- User interactions
- Async testing
- Custom render functions
- Testing hooks
- Best practices
Test how different parts of your application work together.
- Integration testing concepts
- Component integration
- API integration
- Testing with real data
- Database integration
- Service integration
- Contract testing
- Integration strategies
Implement comprehensive end-to-end testing for complete user workflows.
- E2E testing concepts
- User journey testing
- Browser automation
- Cross-browser testing
- Visual regression testing
- Performance testing
- E2E best practices
- Test maintenance
Master Cypress for modern end-to-end testing with excellent developer experience.
- Cypress setup
- Writing Cypress tests
- Cypress commands
- Custom commands
- Fixtures and aliases
- Network stubbing
- Visual testing
- CI/CD integration
Explore Playwright for reliable end-to-end testing across browsers.
- Playwright overview
- Cross-browser testing
- Page object model
- Playwright Test runner
- Visual comparisons
- Network interception
- Mobile testing
- Debugging tests
Learn to mock dependencies and external services for isolated testing.
- Mocking concepts
- Jest mocks
- API mocking
- Module mocking
- Timer mocking
- MSW (Mock Service Worker)
- Stub vs mock vs spy
- Mocking strategies
Measure and improve test coverage and overall test quality.
- Code coverage metrics
- Coverage reports
- Coverage thresholds
- Mutation testing
- Test quality metrics
- Flaky test detection
- Test performance
- Coverage tools
Integrate testing into continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
- CI/CD testing strategy
- Automated test execution
- Parallel test execution
- Test reporting
- Failure notifications
- Test artifacts
- Environment management
- Pipeline optimization
Master advanced testing patterns and strategies for complex applications.
- Test patterns
- Page Object Model
- Test data builders
- Parameterized tests
- Property-based testing
- Contract testing
- Accessibility testing
- Performance testing