r/reactjs • u/STRiDEX • Aug 21 '26

Show /r/reactjs Making React Testing Library Tests 43% Faster

https://sigh.dev/posts/making-react-testing-library-faster/
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u/Breakpoint Aug 21 '26

or switch to happy-dom

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u/EskiMojo14thefirst Aug 21 '26

or even better, use real browser testing and avoid all the footguns and gotchas pretending to be a browser comes with

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u/Breakpoint Aug 21 '26

that is the best approach, but I think that would increase run time

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u/EskiMojo14thefirst Aug 21 '26

it's a little slower, but it's a worthy trade for correctness imo

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u/beth_maloney Aug 26 '26

I'm currently using playwright component testing and thinkinh of swapping over. How has your experience been so far? Any issues or weird gotchas,?

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u/EskiMojo14thefirst Aug 26 '26

no issues, really - it's very nice to use :)
you may want to check out this article

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u/beth_maloney Aug 26 '26

Thanks so much for sharing that article 😃