Discussion on: What do you think of React Testing Library?

[Steven Liao]

RTL doesn't prevent you from accessing the instance since it's still possible to get the instance by

const ref = React.createRef();
const testUtils = render(<ClassComponent ref={ref} />;
const instance = ref.current;

The fact that RTL does not provide an instance() API certainly does discourage accessing the instance though, and I agree with that. I also agree with all your parts.

[Ameem Shaik]

True, "prevent" was probably the wrong word to use here!

[Kent C. Dodds]

I use the word "enable"