Re: Replace jasmine+karma with jest

Looks good to me.

On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 2:05 PM Aditya Toshniwal <
aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

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