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How to configure Jest on a Next.js project

#react #jest #nextjs

You just need to follow few steps to have Jest enabled in your Next.js application.

Let's see how to do this!

1. Install the dependencies 

npm i -D babel-jest jest
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2. Add the test script to run yor tests

Inside your package.json file, add this line in the scripts section:

"test": "jest --watch"
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Now, all you need to do is (after we finish the setup), type npm test on you terminal.

3. Setup .eslintrc.json

If you are using ESLint, you will need to tell it to stop warning you about Jest functions.

Create a file called .eslintrc.json if you don't have one, and add the following code in the env section:

{
    "env": {
        "jest": true
    }
}
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4. Final step: .babelrc

Just create a file called .babelrc and put this inside of it:

{
  "presets": ["next/babel"]
}
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And that's it! If you need configure some thing particularly related to your project (like ignore certain folder), you can take a look at this file and this folder.

Bye! 👋

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Josh Branchaud •

Without Step 4, I got a pretty obscure error about needing to add @babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx to the plugins section of my Babel config in order to get support for the experimental syntax that is 'jsx'.

Adding .babelrc with the specified preset fixed it. Thanks for documenting these steps!

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Philip Valentino •

Thank you Eric! This a) works b) was horrible trying to find a solution. Is the Next.js team aware I wonder ?

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Ben Grunfeld •

I had to add the following to my .babelrc.

"env": {
    "test": {
        "presets": ["next/babel"]
    }
}
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