Testing React Apps Workshop - Exercises

The exercise repository used in the "Testing React Apps" workshop at Connect.Tech 2022.

This branch is the starting state of the exercises.

Requirements

• Node
• Yarn 1.x

Installation

Clone the repo locally:

git clone https://github.com/CodingItWrong/react-testing-exercises.git

Install the dependencies:

$ cd react-testing-exercises
$ yarn install

Get an API key:

• Go to https://api.outsidein.dev and click the "Create API Key" button. A personal API key will be created for you and shown to you.
• Copy the API key. Open the file src/api.js and replace the value of the API_KEY variable with the API key.

Trying It Out

Do the following to make sure your local installation is working:

• Run yarn test. You should see output like the following, including "Tests: 1 todo, 1 total":

 PASS  src/MovieRow.spec.js
  MovieRow
    ✎ todo EXERCISE 1

Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
Tests:       1 todo, 1 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        0.169 s
Ran all test suites.

Watch Usage: Press w to show more.

• Run yarn start. The app should automatically open in your web browser.
• Once the app is launched, make sure you can see the example movies "Vertigo" and "The Sound of Music" listed.
• Type in a movie title and click Save. Confirm the movie is added to the list, with a yellow icon appearing to the right of it

If you reached this point and everything is working, congratulations: you are ready for the workshop!

License

MIT