Testing React Native with Jest and Testing Library

Using Jest and Testing Library with React Native Part II: Our First Test

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This is Part 2 of our series, Using Jest and Testing Library with React Native. This post will cover the steps you’ll need to take to write your first test. We will also break down the code line-by-line, so you have a clear understanding of the process.

Using Jest and Testing Library with React Native Part I: Setting Up

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In this post, Part 1 of Using Jest and Testing Library with React Native, I’ll give a brief introduction to Jest, Testing Library, and React Native. Then, we’ll walk through how to set each of them up. This will prepare us for Part 2, creating our first test.

Keyhole Team Design Contest with MockOla!

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Attention: This article was published over 6 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.**For more information about MockOla, its features and capabilities, and how it was built, visit its product page on the Keyhole Labs site.** Start …

How and Why to Containerize Your Development

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This is a tutorial for how to use the VS Code Remote-Containers extension to containerize your development environment. First, I will discuss my reasons for separating my programming environment and why virtual machines didn’t work. Then, I’ll show a simple example using a containerized Python development environment. Finally, I’ll give you my reasons why containerizing the development environment fits what I’m looking for in a solution.

CSS Grid with CSS Math means no media queries

CSS Grid + CSS Math Expressions = Look Ma No Media Queries

Lawrence Chabela Articles, CSS & HTML, Design, Development Technologies & Tools, JavaScript Leave a Comment

CSS Grid has been the new, cool kid on the block for a few years now. Grid, with its layout algorithm, has given us so many more capabilities in how we can layout and arrange content in our applications.

CSS Grid allows us to define layout patterns in concise and refined ways. That being said, we simply cannot look at CSS Grid by itself without knowing how other key features of modern CSS (like Math expressions) work with CSS Grid. This can allow us to push the boundaries and create more efficient layouts.

These new layout superpowers enable us to start to move past the constraints and limitations that media queries have.