Chapter 4Test Your React Components
Manually navigating through a large application to check that everything works is too time consuming. It’s better to test parts of the application with automated tests.
When the UI makes a substantial part of the application, it’s difficult to create automated tests that not only inform you of errors but also require reasonably little code.
One option would be to use a browser automation library to navigate through your application, but this sort of test tends to fail in ways that are difficult to interpret. It also takes a long time to set up, so it’s only useful for testing at a high level. It also doesn’t require any React-specific knowledge, so I encourage you to refer to other books or resources to ...
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