Re: Replace jasmine+karma with jest

Adding to this - https://2022.stateofjs.com/en-US/libraries/testing/ here
is what the usage says.

On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 12:53 PM Aditya Toshniwal <
aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Hackers,
>
> I suggest we should replace jasmine+karma combination with jest for the
> following reasons:
> 1. Jest is a zero dependency, less config testing framework.
> 2. Has built in support for React. Easy to write React test cases. Jasmine
> is more for Angular than React.
> 3. Jasmine requires enzyme to be installed separately, which is not always
> up to date with latest React versions.
> https://github.com/enzymejs/enzyme/issues/2524 it still doesn't support
> React 18.
> 3. Used by Facebook for React testing.
> 4. In built code coverage.
> 5. Allows React component mocking which is not possible with jasmine yet.
> 6. It is jasmine compatible, so easy to migrate.
> 7. Future proof.
>
> What do you think?
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Aditya Toshniwal
> pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Software Architect | *enterprisedb.com*
> <https://www.enterprisedb.com/>
> "Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"
>

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Thanks,
Aditya Toshniwal
pgAdmin Hacker | Sr. Software Architect | *enterprisedb.com*
<https://www.enterprisedb.com/>
"Don't Complain about Heat, Plant a TREE"