Automating tests is a crucial step to ensure continuous software quality and streamline the development process. In this chapter, we will explore how to integrate DOM Testing Library into a CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment) pipeline using popular tools.

What is CI/CD?

• Continuous Integration (CI): An automation process that integrates code from all developers into a shared repository multiple times a day.
• Continuous Deployment (CD): An automatic process of deploying code to production or staging environments after a successful integration.

Setting up a CI/CD Pipeline

To illustrate the setup, we will use GitHub Actions, a popular CI/CD tool that allows you to define automated workflows directly in your GitHub repository. Other services like Jenkins, Travis CI, and CircleCI follow similar principles.

Configuring GitHub Actions

We will create a configuration file for GitHub Actions that will run our tests automatically every time a push is made or a pull request is opened.

Step 1: Create the Configuration File

In your project, create a folder named .github and within it, a subfolder named workflows. Then, inside workflows, create a YAML file, for example, ci.yml.

Structure of the ci.yml file:

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Key Configurations

1. Trigger Strategy:

   • The pipeline runs on any push or pull request to the main branch.

2. Job Configuration:

   • runs-on: Defines the operating system environment, in this case, ubuntu-latest.
   • Steps:
     • Checkout: Clones the repository.
     • Setup Node.js: Sets up the Node.js version.
     • Install dependencies: Installs dependencies using npm install.
     • Run tests: Runs tests with npm test.

Adapting to Different Environments

You can configure environment matrices to run tests on multiple versions of Node.js and operating systems.

Example of matrices:

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Configuring Jest for CI

To optimize Jest for CI environments, you can create a specific Jest configuration file (jest.config.js):

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Coverage Reports

For more comprehensive integration, you can configure your pipeline to upload coverage reports to services like Codecov.

Step 1: Install Codecov:

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Step 2: Update ci.yml:

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Integration with Other Services

Apart from GitHub Actions, other CI/CD services like Travis CI, Jenkins, and CircleCI follow similar configurations.

Travis CI Example

.travis.yml file:

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Deployment Automation (CD)

You can extend your CI configuration to include automatic deployments to testing or production environments.

Example of deployment to Netlify:

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Conclusion

In this chapter, we have learned how to automate tests using a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions. We covered the basic setup, environment matrix integration, and coverage report implementation. Test automation ensures that your code is constantly validated, improving development quality and efficiency.

In the next chapter, we will discuss best practices for testing with DOM Testing Library to maintain high-quality, maintainable code.