The Most Used JavaScript Testing Tools
Tools to use for testing your JS applications
Testing is mandatory in any app. It’s the most appropriate way to maintain and have a healthy app.
In this article, I cover the most used tools for JavaScript apps such as React JS, Angular, or Vue JS applications.
The goal behind this article is to help you discover the best existing tools, the difference in the hope that you make the right choice for your app, or propose and defend a better choice for your team in a company.
#1- Jest
Jest is a famous testing framework developed and used by Facebook to test React components. With time it became so successful that it was adopted by well-known companies such as Uber and Airbnb.
Its usage was extended and adopted by other technologies such as Angular, TypeScript, Node, Vue, and much more.
Some stats
Almost 15M downloads per week
#2- Enzyme
A JavaScript testing Utility for React to test React’s components’ output. You can manipulate, traverse, simulate a runtime given the output.
Some stats
About 2M downloads per week
