react-redux-testing.md

React/Redux Testing

• Approaches to Testing React Components
  http://reactkungfu.com/2015/07/approaches-to-testing-react-components-an-overview/
  A great starting point to testing, looking at the main ways you can test component structure and state handling

• Simple React/Redux Testing
  https://medium.com/@caljrimmer/simple-react-redux-testing-cd579d4c2103
  Looks at how to test rendering, behavior, and state of an application

• Test Driven React Tutorial
  http://spencerdixon.com/blog/test-driven-react-tutorial.html
  Describes project setup and basic approaches, using the common stack of Webpack+Karma+Mocha+Chai+Sinon

• How to Test React.js Components
  https://nemisj.com/how-to-test-react-js-components/
  Covers what to test, and how to test things like props and shallow rendering

• Unit Testing a Redux App
  https://www.codementor.io/reactjs/tutorial/redux-unit-test-mocha-mocking
  Example ways to test pieces of a Redux app, including actions, reducers, and middleware

• React-Boilerplate Testing Docs
  https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/blob/v3.0.0/docs/testing/unit-testing.md
  https://github.com/mxstbr/react-boilerplate/blob/v3.0.0/docs/testing/component-testing.md
  Useful description of how to use Mocha, Expect, and Enzyme to test React and Redux code

• Testing React Applications
  http://12devsofxmas.co.uk/2015/12/day-2-testing-react-applications/
  A long, in-depth article describing approaches and use of Tape, React TestUtils, and Enzyme

• TDD and React Components
  https://medium.com/@nackjicholsonn/tdd-and-react-components-5ae5a9a5a7bf
  Detailed example of using TDD to design and develop a React component, using Teaspoon for testing

• Testing Redux Applications
  http://randycoulman.com/blog/2016/03/15/testing-redux-applications/
  http://randycoulman.com/blog/categories/getting-testy/
  A great writeup on how to specifically deal with testing pieces of a Redux app. The "Getting Testy" post series also has a lot of really good idea on how to go about writing tests and what kinds of things should be tested.

• Testing with Mocha and Webpack
  http://randycoulman.com/blog/2016/03/22/testing-with-mocha-and-webpack/
  http://randycoulman.com/blog/2016/04/05/more-on-testing-with-mocha-and-webpack/
  Some excellent information on setting up a good test environment, including use of the mocha-webpack tool.

• Testing React Components with Teaspoon and Unexpected
  http://dchambers.github.io/articles/testing-react-components-with-teaspoon-and-unexpected/
  A short but useful look at a couple testing libraries and ways to use them.

• Unit Testing React Components and Redux Reducers
  http://pebblecode.com/blog/react-redux-unit-testing/
  Some basic examples for testing reducers and components.

• Getting Started with TDD in React
  https://semaphoreci.com/community/tutorials/getting-started-with-tdd-in-react
  Covers a typical Mocha+Chai+JSDOM+Enzyme setup, talks about why/how/what to test, and walks through several examples.

• Testing React Applications
  https://youtu.be/KBhHsYlF4mQ
  A fantastic talk that goes through many important details of trying to test React components under JSDOM.

• Testing in React: Getting Off the Ground
  https://medium.com/javascript-inside/testing-in-react-getting-off-the-ground-5f569f3088a
  A look at approaches and ways to start testing React components

• Testing React and Redux
  http://silvenon.com/testing-react-and-redux/
  A three-part article that shows how to set up Ava and Babel, then walks through testing Redux code (action creators, reducers, selectors, thunks, and sagas), and React components.

General Testing, Tools, and Setup

• Javascript Testing: Unit vs Functional vs Integration
  https://www.sitepoint.com/javascript-testing-unit-functional-integration/
  A comparison of the various levels of tests you can run, and what roles they play in development.

• Reddit - "Karma/Mocha/Chai/Sinon setup"
  https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/4217x6/ive_spent_six_hours_attempting_to_set_up/
  Reddit user Cody_Chaos describes his approach to running unit tests under Node with Mocha, and integration tests in a browser with Karma. Includes several useful config setup snippets.

• Setting Up Javascript Testing Tools for ES6
  http://x-team.com/2016/05/setting-up-javascript-testing-tools-for-es6/
  Tips on configuring tools to work with ES6 code, and writing tests using ES6

• Keep Calm and Love Javascript Unit Tests - Part 2: Asynchronism
  http://www.theodo.fr/blog/2016/06/keep-calm-and-love-javascript-unit-tests-part-2-asynchronism/
  Useful tips for testing asynchronous behavior under Mocha.

• ESLint Part 1: Exploration
  https://blog.scottnonnenberg.com/eslint-part-1-exploration/
  A solid look at what ESLint is, how you can use it to help keep your code clean, and a number of useful linting plugins that are available.