For the last few months, I’ve been using Visual Studio Code on a Node.js project. It’s a pretty great editor, and its support for TypeScript is fantastic. As part of my normal workflow, I try to follow TDD practices as much as possible. For efficiency’s sake, I like to execute the tests in the test file I’m currently editing, right from the editor (I’ve written about setting up Vim to run the current test file in an external terminal in the past). Read more on Running the Current Test File in VS Code…
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React Testing – Jest or Mocha?
Every React project is a little different. This can make choosing the right testing setup difficult.
Both Jest and Mocha seem to be popular within the React community. There are tons of folks using Jest, though others seem to prefer Mocha (for example, the Enzyme docs and examples use Mocha). So which one should you choose, and does it even matter?
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Never Mix Promises and Callbacks in NodeJS
When using Node.js, you should never mix promises and callbacks. It’s a recipe for confusion. The problem is pretty obvious in hindsight, but it sure threw me for a loop the first time I ran into it.
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