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Tremor – The React library to build dashboards fast

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Re: Tremor – The React library to build dashboards fast

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Post by LocalPCGuy »

Capricorn2481 wrote: post #29
latchkey wrote: post #11

I started a react component library project that has been going for 4 years now and gets about 40k downloads a month. If it wasn't for my test suite, things would have been a giant mess long ago and I probably would have abandoned it. I can't think of doing a react project without a test suite because over time, any dependencies you have (including on react) will end up breaking things in ways that you don't know. Wi…

I have yet to see a good frontend test, but I'm waiting to be enlightened. For the most part, it just seems to be things like "if they click this button, make sure this div is gone." That smells like a test double to me.

We have hundreds of tests for our client side projects (web app, mobile app), and they definitely do more than what you describe.

Some are simple (although very few are as simple as your example) and some are complex, depending on the portion of the app being tested. Some are basically integration tests for components/widgets, where it runs it in isolation to test the inputs and outputs. Others are more like traditional unit tests where it's purely testing business logic, API and model interactions (mocked), form validation logic, etc.

Unless you're talking about very simple client apps, there's always stuff that can be tested that will provide significant business value by preventing bugs and broken code from getting to end users

Re: Tremor – The React library to build dashboards fast

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Post by rp36 »

As per refine.dev blog, these are some alternatives to Tremor:

* Ant design pro (https://github.com/ant-design/ant-design-pro/) * Material Dashboard React (https://github.com/creativetimofficial/material-dashboard-re...) * Volt React (https://github.com/themesberg/volt-react-dashboard)

Anyone have more suggestions?

Re: Tremor – The React library to build dashboards fast

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Post by a_wild_dandan »

LocalPCGuy wrote: post #31
Capricorn2481 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have yet to see a good frontend test, but I'm waiting to be enlightened. For the most part, it just seems to be things like "if they click this button, make sure this div is gone." That smells like a test double to me.

We have hundreds of tests for our client side projects (web app, mobile app), and they definitely do more than what you describe. Some are simple (although very few are as simple as your example) and some are complex, depending on the portion of the app being tested. Some are basically integration tests for components/widgets, where it runs it in isolation to test the inputs and outputs. Others are more like traditio…

Could you give an example? Most UI tests I see are either a) trivial/tautological, b) test implementation details, or c) doesn’t actually even test the UI, i.e “what is visually painted on-screen.”

Re: Tremor – The React library to build dashboards fast

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Post by Capricorn2481 »

latchkey wrote: post #30
Capricorn2481 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have yet to see a good frontend test, but I'm waiting to be enlightened. For the most part, it just seems to be things like "if they click this button, make sure this div is gone." That smells like a test double to me.

> I have yet to see a good frontend test You haven't written one yourself? Is your theory that since you can't write one, they aren't possible? All my tests are good enough to ensure that if I upgrade a library or change underlying functionality, something breaks if the output is not expected. That is my primary concern and that is what I test for.

No, that's not what I meant. I mean tests are great on the backend, but I've never seen them prevent a bug on the frontend, especially in react where it's usually obvious what effect your changes will have. In fact, many frontend tests don't even truly test the UI

Re: Tremor – The React library to build dashboards fast

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Post by latchkey »

Capricorn2481 wrote: post #36
latchkey wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I have yet to see a good frontend test You haven't written one yourself? Is your theory that since you can't write one, they aren't possible? All my tests are good enough to ensure that if I upgrade a library or change underlying functionality, something breaks if the output is not expected. That is my primary concern and that is what I test for.

No, that's not what I meant. I mean tests are great on the backend, but I've never seen them prevent a bug on the frontend, especially in react where it's usually obvious what effect your changes will have. In fact, many frontend tests don't even truly test the UI

https://github.com/lookfirst/mui-rff/blob/master/test/Autoco...

Re: Tremor – The React library to build dashboards fast

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Post by latchkey »

a_wild_dandan wrote: post #35
LocalPCGuy wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We have hundreds of tests for our client side projects (web app, mobile app), and they definitely do more than what you describe. Some are simple (although very few are as simple as your example) and some are complex, depending on the portion of the app being tested. Some are basically integration tests for components/widgets, where it runs it in isolation to test the inputs and outputs. Others are more like traditio…

Could you give an example? Most UI tests I see are either a) trivial/tautological, b) test implementation details, or c) doesn’t actually even test the UI , i.e “what is visually painted on-screen.”

https://github.com/lookfirst/mui-rff/blob/master/test/Autoco...
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