Lightweight adapter allowing dom-testing-library to be used to test Vue.js components built on top of @vue/test-utils
The vue-testing-library
is a an adapter that enables Vue testing using the framework-agnostic DOM testing library dom-testing-library
This module is distributed via npm which is bundled with node and
should be installed as one of your project's devDependencies
:
npm install --save-dev vue-testing-library
npm install --save-dev vue-testing-library
jest
vue-jest
babel-jest
babel-preset-env
babel-plugin-transform-runtime
// package.json
"scripts": {
"test": "jest"
}
"jest": {
"moduleDirectories": [
"node_modules",
"src"
],
"moduleFileExtensions": [
"js",
"vue"
],
"testPathIgnorePatterns": [
"/node_modules/"
],
"transform": {
"^.+\\.js$": "<rootDir>/node_modules/babel-jest",
".*\\.(vue)$": "<rootDir>/node_modules/vue-jest"
}
}
// .babelrc
{
"presets": [
["env", {
"modules": false,
"targets": {
"browsers": ["> 1%", "last 2 versions", "not ie <= 8"]
}
}]
],
"plugins": [
"transform-runtime"
],
"env": {
"test": {
"presets": ["env"]
}
}
}
// src/TestComponent.vue
<template>
<div>
<span data-testid="test1">Hello World</span>
</div>
</template>
// src/TestComponent.spec.js
import 'jest-dom/extend-expect'
import { render } from 'vue-testing-library'
import TestComponent from './TestComponent'
test('should render HelloWorld', () => {
const { queryByTestId } = render(TestComponent)
expect(queryByTestId('test1')).toHaveTextContent('Hello World')
})
The render
function takes up to 3 parameters and returns an object with some helper methods
- Component - the Vue component to be tested.
- RenderOptions - an object containing additional information to be passed to @vue/test-utils mount. This can be:
- props - The component props to be passed to TestComponent
- store - The object definition of a Vuex store, if present
render
will configure a Vuex store and pass to mount. - routes - A set of routes, if present render will configure VueRouter and pass to mount.
- configurationCb - A callback to be called passing the Vue instance when created. This allows 3rd party plugins to be installed prior to mount.
Lightweight wrapper around DOM element events and methods. Will call wait, so can be awaited to allow effects to propagate.
When in need to wait for non-deterministic periods of time you can use wait
,
to wait for your expectations to pass. The wait
function is a small wrapper
around the
wait-for-expect
module.
Waiting can be very important in Vue components, @vue/test-utils has succeeded in making the majority of updates happen
synchronously however there are occasions when wait will allow the DOM to update. For example, see here
You'll find examples of testing with different libraries in the test directory. Some included are:
Feel free to contribute more!
MIT