I refactored a large codebase from Enzyme to React testing library. Ask me anything

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[Pavel Ermakov]

What was wrong with enzyme?

[Nana Adjei Manu]

Nothing really, we figured we could get much more value out of using testing library because we could actually test out how a user would interact with our app other than just using our usual snapshot tests.

[Ildar Sharafeev]

I used to use Enzyme for a long time in my projects. However, now it is on deprecation path and will not be compatible with future versions of React. Therefore, I decided to write a tool that will help me and my team to migrate our projects to RTL. Check my article: dev.to/srshifu/migrate-away-from-e...

It has links to the tool you can download and use in your project

[Narender Saini]

why you prefer react testing library over enzyme ?

[Nana Adjei Manu]

We are able to tests components in isolation easily and as a potential user would actually use our application

[Fredrik Bergqvist]

I did the same, I am a happier person now ;)

[Nana Adjei Manu]

I’ve never been happier too