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Testing Async/Await Component Rendering in Create-React-App

This test suite validates the async/await functionality in React components within Create React App. It focuses on ensuring proper component rendering and async operation handling using modern JavaScript features.

Test Coverage Overview

The test coverage focuses on the basic rendering capabilities of components using async/await patterns.

  • Tests component mounting with async operations
  • Validates Promise-based rendering flow
  • Ensures proper DOM integration
  • Covers component lifecycle with async callbacks

Implementation Analysis

The testing approach utilizes Jest’s asynchronous testing capabilities combined with React’s rendering lifecycle.

The implementation leverages Promise-based patterns with ReactDOM.render, demonstrating modern JavaScript async/await syntax integration with React component testing.

  • Uses Promise-based component rendering
  • Implements async callback patterns
  • Employs ReactDOM test utilities

Technical Details

  • Jest test framework
  • React DOM testing utilities
  • Async/await syntax
  • Promise-based assertions
  • DOM manipulation utilities

Best Practices Demonstrated

The test exemplifies clean async testing patterns in React applications, following established best practices for component testing.

  • Proper async test structure
  • Clean component cleanup
  • Effective Promise handling
  • Isolated component testing

facebook/create-react-app

packages/react-scripts/fixtures/kitchensink/template/src/features/syntax/AsyncAwait.test.js

            
/**
 * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
 *
 * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
 * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 */

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import AsyncAwait from './AsyncAwait';

describe('async/await', () => {
  it('renders without crashing', () => {
    const div = document.createElement('div');
    return new Promise(resolve => {
      ReactDOM.render(<AsyncAwait onReady={resolve} />, div);
    });
  });
});