Kent C. Dodds • 10/1/2019

Making your UI tests resilient to change

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This article discusses the problem of UI tests breaking due to changes in CSS class names or DOM structure. It advocates for writing tests that resemble how users interact with the software, using queries based on roles, labels, and text rather than implementation details like class names. It introduces Testing Library's approach to creating more robust and maintainable tests.

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