Using with webpack
Jest can be used in projects that use webpack to manage assets, styles, and compilation. webpack does offer some unique challenges over other tools because it integrates directly with your application to allow managing stylesheets, assets like images and fonts, along with the expansive ecosystem of compile-to-JavaScript languages and tools.
A webpack example
Let's start with a common sort of webpack config file and translate it to a Jest setup.
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.jsx?$/,
exclude: ['node_modules'],
use: ['babel-loader'],
},
{
test: /\.css$/,
use: ['style-loader', 'css-loader'],
},
{
test: /\.gif$/,
type: 'asset/inline',
},
{
test: /\.(ttf|eot|svg)$/,
type: 'asset/resource',
},
],
},
resolve: {
alias: {
config$: './configs/app-config.js',
react: './vendor/react-master',
},
extensions: ['.js', '.jsx'],
modules: [
'node_modules',
'bower_components',
'shared',
'/shared/vendor/modules',
],
},
};
If you have JavaScript files that are transformed by Babel, you can enable support for Babel by installing the babel-jest
plugin. Non-Babel JavaScript transformations can be handled with Jest's transform
config option.
Handling Static Assets
Next, let's configure Jest to gracefully handle asset files such as stylesheets and images. Usually, these files aren't particularly useful in tests so we can safely mock them out. However, if you are using CSS Modules then it's better to mock a proxy for your className lookups.
module.exports = {
moduleNameMapper: {
'\\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|eot|otf|webp|svg|ttf|woff|woff2|mp4|webm|wav|mp3|m4a|aac|oga)$':
'<rootDir>/__mocks__/fileMock.js',
'\\.(css|less)$': '<rootDir>/__mocks__/styleMock.js',
},
};
And the mock files themselves:
module.exports = {};