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September 26, 2024

Test-Driven React, Second Edition: Find Problems Early, Fix Them Quickly, Code with Confidence

You work in a loop: write code, get feedback, adjust. The faster you get feedback, the faster your code improves and the more effective you become as a developer. And that feedback comes from testing.

The conceptual elegance of React has opened the door to a new generation of web testing: clear, expressive, and lightning fast. That makes React a perfect fit for test-driven development (TDD), a methodology in which tests are a blueprint instead of an afterthought.

Each chapter presents new projects to challenge you and new tools to help you:

  • Write fast, easy-to-understand tests with Vitest and React Testing Library.
  • Keep your code tidy with ESLint and Prettier.
  • Perform every task you need from a single window within VS Code.
  • See your test output directly in your code with Wallaby.
  • Style components in a test-friendly way with styled-components.
  • Stay focused on what’s important by running your tests continuously in the background.
  • Generate beautiful documentation with Storybook, and update it on every commit with GitHub Actions.

The second edition of Test-Driven React has been extensively revised to reflect the latest tools and techniques for React development, including TypeScript. Each chapter presents new projects to challenge you and new tools to help you detect and fix bugs in your code.

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From frameworks, tooling, and the very essence of programming languages to mitigating stress and channeling creativity, this year's Autumn Literary Festival has a little something for everyone.

Register for free at https://ti.to/codebar/an-afternoon-with-pragmatic-bookshelf-author-edition, and join us on October 7th for a fun-filled lineup of virtual talks presented by Pragmatic authors you know and love:

Frances Buontempo: "A Personal Project That Got Out of Hand (Writing a Book)"
Cristian Planas: "Growing with Rails"
Marcus Lagré: "The Stress Equation: How Pressure, Complexity, and Security Affects Stress Levels in Teams"
Karl Stolley: "Git-Config Essentials: How to Set and Inspect Baseline Configuration Values"
Dmitry Zinoviev: "What You Can Learn from Obscure Programming Languages"

Attendance is free but space is limited, so don't wait too long to claim your seat.

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