--- title: Introduction To Testing In React | daily.dev description: Testing is a line-by-line review of how your code is going to execute. Unit testing refers to testing individual pieces of your code. Functional testing is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-testing-in-react-ccs36vomr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introduction To Testing In React | daily.dev og:description: Testing is a line-by-line review of how your code is going to execute. Unit testing refers to testing individual pieces of your code. 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This is by far the most dev friendly and intuitive library I've used in the React ecosystem so far. --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-testing-in-react-ccs36vomr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Introduction To Testing In React","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-testing-in-react-ccs36vomr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-testing-in-react-ccs36vomr"},"datePublished":"2020-10-07T17:25:13.831Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Testing is a line-by-line review of how your code is going to execute. 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