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Discussion on: Top 5 skills to learn as a junior JavaScript developer

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bvmcode

I'm surprised testing isn't higher on the list. That seems to be a pain point that in turn produces higher demand for that skill.

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Jerod Santo

Good point! One thing I mentioned on the show is that there are plenty of testing-related things on the list. Namely:

  • unit testing
  • TDD
  • Mocha
  • Jest

I believe the demand for the skill is high, but it is spread out across different monikers. To quote myself (which feels weird, but I think it's relevant here):

Learn how to write automated tests for code, because yes, the specifics of the way you do it in this language, how do you mock in this language versus that etc. may not transfer over, but the skill of being able to write a test, to fully exercise a piece of code, you’ll use for the rest of your career. So absolutely, that is something that is trending, and will continue to trend until we have machines that write all our tests for us. But then who’s gonna test the machines…?