Thread by @SimonHoiberg

JavaScript Testing 🔧

Here are 6 awesome frameworks and utilities to test your JavaScript code.

1️⃣ Jest
2️⃣ Mocha
3️⃣ Jasmine
4️⃣ Enzyme
5️⃣ Protractor
6️⃣ Cypress

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1️⃣ Jest

By far the most popular general-purpose JavaScript Testing Framework.
Works for most projects, most frameworks, and libraries and has great support for TypeScript and Babel.

jestjs.io

2️⃣ Mocha

Mocha is another popular choice for general-purpose testing in JavaScript and Node.js applications.

mochajs.org

3️⃣ Jasmine

Jasmine is a behavior-driven Testing Framework for JavaScript.

It's easy to get started and easy to use.

jasmine.github.io

4️⃣ Enzyme

Enzyme is a JavaScript Testing utility specifically built for testing React Components.

It's massively adopted in the React community and is often used in combination with Jest.

enzymejs.github.io/enzyme/

5️⃣ Protractor

Protractor is an end-to-end Testing Framework for Angular Applications and is often used together with Jasmine.

protractortest.org

6️⃣ Cypress

Cypress is a complete end-to-end Testing Framework for JavaScript.

It's using its own test-runner and has certain syntax similarities with Enzyme.

It has become really popular and is a true pleasure to work with 🔥

cypress.io