84: Edd Yerburgh - Testing Vue.js Components

In this episode, Adam talks to Edd Yerburgh, Vue.js core team member and author of the vue-test-utils library, about testing Vue components.

Show Notes

Topics include:

• Challenges with testing Vue components prior to vue-test-utils
• How vue-test-utils works and what it looks like to test a component
• Choosing a test runner
• Common mistakes people make when testing their components
• Mocking and stubbing external dependencies
• Combining unit testing with snapshot testing

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Links:

• vue-test-utils on GitHub
• vue-test-utils Documentation
• "Testing Vue.js Applications", Edd's book
• Enzyme testing utility for React
• jsdom
• Jest, Edd's recommended test runner
• mocha-webpack
• Mocking in Jest
• Snapshot testing in Jest
• Async Vue components

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A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.