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Free online courseReact.js Unit Testing and Integration Testing Tutorial

Duration of the online course: 3 hours and 36 minutes

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Free course on React unit and integration testing with Jest and React Testing Library, including async tests, mocks, HTTP, hooks, forms, and Next.js.

In this free course, learn about

  • Testing Foundations and Tooling Setup
  • Async, Mocking, and API Testing
  • Testing Data Fetching, Forms, and Next.js Routing

Course Description

Learn how to test React applications with a practical, beginner-friendly approach focused on real-world workflows. This free online course guides you through the essentials of unit testing and integration testing in modern React projects, helping you build confidence in your code and ship changes with fewer regressions.

You will set up a complete testing environment using popular tools from the React ecosystem, including Jest and React Testing Library, and learn how to keep quality checks consistent with linting and automated CI pipelines. Step by step, you will practice writing reliable tests that verify UI behavior, component interactions, and user flows instead of fragile implementation details.

The course also covers testing async behavior, working with mocks, and isolating dependencies in a maintainable way. You will learn strategies for mocking components and functions, as well as simulating HTTP requests using approaches suitable for Fetch or Axios, including service-worker based mocking for more realistic network scenarios.

Beyond the basics, you will explore testing patterns for apps that use hooks and data fetching, validate forms with user-centric assertions, and handle framework-specific needs such as router behavior in Next.js. By the end, you will have a strong foundation for creating a dependable test suite that supports refactoring, speeds up debugging, and improves overall code quality in React projects.

Course content

  • Video class: Introduction to Testing: Concepts for Beginners - React.js Testing Tutorial #1 12m
  • Exercise: What is the recommended approach to make React component tests more resilient to refactors?
  • Video class: Setup Testing Env: Jest, React Testing Library, eslint, GitHub Actions -React.js Testing Tutorial #2 32m
  • Exercise: Why use a custom Jest + ts-jest setup instead of relying on the default testing setup?
  • Video class: React Testing Library for Beginners: React.js Testing Tutorial #3 36m
  • Exercise: In React Testing Library, which querying approach is recommended to avoid relying on implementation details and improve accessibility-focused tests?
  • Video class: React Async Testing using React Testing Library for Beginners: React.js Testing Tutorial #4 22m
  • Video class: Mocking React Components and Functions using Jest for Beginners - React.js Testing Tutorial #5 26m
  • Video class: Mock HTTP calls using Fetch or Axios - Mock Service Worker - React.js Testing Tutorial #6 28m
  • Video class: React Hooks SWR: Test components that useSWR - Mock Service Worker - React.js Testing Tutorial #7 12m
  • Video class: Testing React Forms - React Testing Library - React.js Testing Tutorial #8 31m
  • Video class: Unit Testing Next.js Router - useRouter - React.js Testing Tutorial #9 14m

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