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React Testing with Jest / Vitest - TypeScript (Udemy.com)

Build React app like a pro with React Testing Library, Jest, Vitest and TypeScript - learn how to write propper tests

Created by: Alex Dan

Last updated May 2026

Our take

Based on the ratings of 705 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in May 2026. No course pays to be reviewed.

This is a compact React testing course, about 4.8 hours over 59 lectures, taught by Alex Dan. It covers React Testing Library with both Jest and Vitest, a Vite and TypeScript setup, hooks, user interaction, snapshots, test doubles, React Router tests and a GitHub Actions pipeline. Nearly 100 minutes of the runtime is a TypeScript recap, so the testing material itself is closer to three hours. The requirements ask for basic React and Node, and some reviewers warn it is not meant for people starting from zero.

Most reviewers like the clear explanations, the working example code and the practical focus on configuration and mocking. The complaints are consistent too. Some say the mock and spy sections feel jumbled, that the project setup is shown as do this, do that without reasons, and that the format means a lot of copying finished code. Older reviews report outdated dependencies and poor sound, and one learner says questions went unanswered. There are no quizzes or coding exercises.

Of 705 ratings, about 84 percent are four or five stars. The last update was May 2026, which matters because the 2022 complaints about old patterns predate it. The course is short and has no practice work, so treat it as a guided tour and try each idea in your own project. It suits a developer who wants Vitest or Jest running fast. Anyone who needs slower, more explained teaching should look elsewhere.

Best forReact developers who already know the basics and want Jest and Vitest setup, mocking and CI shown quickly.
Skip it ifYou want exercises or a starter repo to code along with, or you are brand new to React.

Pros

  • Covers both Jest and Vitest, so the setup and habits carry over to either
  • Working example code, plus Git diffs per lecture, makes it easy to catch up
  • Mocks, spies, network tests, routing and a GitHub Actions pipeline in under five hours
  • Reviewers call the explanations clear and say it saved them time

Cons

  • One reviewer found the mock and spy lectures jumbled and hard to follow
  • No quizzes or coding exercises, and learners mostly follow finished code
  • About a third of the runtime is a TypeScript recap, not testing
Very pleased with the course. It's a great introduction to testing React applications that covers some of the most troublesome aspects, such as configuration and mocking.
Javier Garcia Hernandez, a student

Labeled all levels, but it expects basic React and npm. Best for junior or mid-level devs new to testing.

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What you will learn

  • Write tests for React apps using React Testing Library
  • Learn both basic and advanced techniques regarding React Testing
  • Setup a Vite React project with TypeScript with Jest / Vitest
  • React Router testing
  • Build a React TypeScript app with Vite
  • Learn Test Driven Development for React TypeScript apps
  • Write industrial strengthcode by using advanced React testing techniques
  • Jest / Vitest hooks, suites, matchers
  • Test doubles inside Jest / Vitest: spies, mocks
  • Tune your React TypeScript project with Vite

Course content

12 sections · 59 lectures · 4.8 hours of video 2 articles

  1. 1Introduction 3 free previews4 lectures · 7 min
  2. 2Testing basics3 lectures · 9 min
  3. 3React testing intro 1 free preview6 lectures · 25 min
  4. 4React testing topics6 lectures · 44 min
  5. 5Halway discussion1 lecture · 1 min
  6. 6Test doubles8 lectures · 43 min
  7. 7Routing testing with React Testing Library - Jest / Vitest6 lectures · 20 min
  8. 8Other testing topics for Jest / Vitest4 lectures · 22 min
  9. 9CI/CD and React Testing3 lectures · 16 min
  10. 10Ending1 lecture · 2 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Students who like Typescript and React and want to use them together
  • Students who want to learn Jest / Vitest testing
  • Students who want to learn React Testing library

What you need before you start

  • Basic React experience
  • Basic NodeJS and npm
  • Nice to have: Vite experience
  • Nice to have: testing experince in another language

How it compares

Against the other 31 rated Udemy courses in TypeScript on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 35% of them
  • Reviews705#22 of 32 by number of reviews
  • Length4.8 hoursshorter than 67% of them
  • Last updatedMay 2026more recently than 77% of them

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Course Description

A must have skill for React developers

Unit testing helps create robust, stable and scalable code. It is a mush have skill in today's React Development job marked.

Welcome the to React Testing Library with Jest / Vitest course - developed and taught by a react expert.

Course highlights:

  • React testing basics, unit tests structure, triple A testing principles

  • Setup of a React Typescript app with tests using Vite

  • Jest intro

  • Vitest intro

  • Jest setup

  • Vitest setup

  • Test organizing for react applications

  • Differences between Jest and Vitest at an implementation level

  • Testing React hooks

  • Testing user interaction and matchers

  • Complete code with TypeScript, types and generics explanation.

  • Snapshot testing

Advanced react testing topics:

  • Testing React async code with Jest / Vitest and TypeScript

  • Using the act function from React testing library

  • Using spies and mocks with Jest

  • Using spies and mocks inside Vitest

  • Testing network call by using test doubles or MSW

  • Testing route objects, navlinks and paths.

  • Use Vite to build the app - with TypeScript

  • Configure Vite and Vitest for optimal performance

  • Build a CI/CD pipeline with Vite, React testing library and TypeScript using GitHub actions.

In this course you will learn how to use Test Driven Development (TDD):

  • Analyse the advantages of TDD

  • Hands-on practice with a great examples

All the typing is cut, the course shows respect for your time and all the source code is available as course resource or GitHub commit diff for a completely transparent learning experience.

Course advantages:

  • Respect for your time: most of the time of the instructor typing is cut off, the course is focused on unit tests and Jest /React/ TypeScript explanations

  • Concise: learn only what you need, no fillers to make the course falsely more appealing.

  • Upp to Date - the course uses the latest technique to build React apps: Vite with TypeScript

  • Experienced and programming active instructor: a great teacher never looses touch with the industry. This is especially true for software development, where the industry is so dynamic. This helps the instructor stay up to date with the best coding guidelines and present you the challenging parts, not the "hello world"

  • Organized course structure: ten parts, progressive approach, consistent content

  • Code changes in each lecture on Git with code diffs: this will help you get an concise overview of the lecture and correct in case you missed something

  • Big font, dark background, fullHD content, this way it is readable even on a small screen or even tablet.

  • Lifetime access

  • Certificate of completion to present to your current or prospective employer

Do you want your Typescript or React code to have the best quality, and your project to be safe?

Do you want to use the latest industry standards, like Vite and TypeScript?

Enrol and start writing your tests in 10 minutes!

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Instructor Details

Alex Dan

Alex Dan — Cloud Architect, Developer & Instructor

With over a decade of hands-on software engineering experience, I've built my career at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, web development, and practical education.

My technical journey started in embedded automotive systems — developing Java-based navigation solutions for major car brands. From there, I moved into cloud engineering, building AWS-powered data pipelines for connected vehicles using Node.js, TypeScript, Lambda, DynamoDB, and a full suite of AWS services. I later worked as a Node.js developer at one of Eastern Europe's largest e-commerce platforms, before transitioning into independent cloud architecture consulting.

Today, as a freelance Cloud Architect, I design and implement scalable cloud solutions across industries — from automotive to enterprise — with a focus on infrastructure reliability, CI/CD automation, and modern serverless architectures.

Parallel to my engineering career, I've been teaching on Udemy since 2017, growing a community of over 300,000 students across 19 courses. My current focus is AI-assisted development — helping developers work smarter with tools like GitHub Copilot, VS Code AI extensions, and agentic coding workflows.

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Reviews

4.4

705 ratings on Udemy

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By Gabi Jack on 2/13/2026

I'm really enjoying this course. It is easy to understand, the explanations are clear, all the code for the examples is included and works as expected, and the instructor is knowledgeable and covers all the important topics.

By Karl Krasnowsky on 1/13/2026

Not fond of the format. Doesn't lend itself to much learning, and more copy/pasting of solution code. Better idea would be to provide a starter repo with skeleton code to add functionality to as it's discussed and presented in the course. Otherwise, the presenter seems very competent and knowledgeable with the topics covered, I just don't find this style of presentation engaging or challenging.

By Francesca Tynan on 9/5/2025

So clear, informative and technically instructive, and conveyed so well for beginners, as an early career junior developer this has been instrumental, this is one of the best courses I've ever taken alongside this course also by the same instructor - https://www.udemy.com/course/unit-testing-typescript-nodejs/

By Luis Daniel Rodriguez Martinez on 7/8/2025

El curso me dio una base sólida sobre Testing con Vitest y Jest, ideal si trabajas con React. Explica bien los conceptos y la práctica es aplicable desde el primer momento. Recomendado para quienes quieren empezar a testear su código de forma profesional.

By Anonymized User on 6/17/2025

The course was a bit challenging at times, but I learned a lot. The Jest testing section was particularly helpful in understanding how to write effective tests.

By Javier Garcia Hernandez on 5/30/2025

Very pleased with the course. It's a great introduction to testing React applications that covers some of the most troublesome aspects, such as configuration and mocking.

By Klaus Siebel on 11/20/2024

very good for me as an experienced developer; not 5 but one star less because the initial project structure is presented as "we do this we do that" but not really explaining why the surrounding stuff is deleted and what would happen if we kept it...

By Radheshyam Kori on 2/26/2024

yes, I got a chance to learn class components in order to learn Jest for unit testing. I had worked earlier with functional components. It cleared the concepts of passing props and states using class components. Thanks to Alex

By Claudio Leiva on 10/18/2022

I just finished this course and, as of today (10/18/2022), I consider this course to be outdated. First issue you will likely encounter is with react-router-dom, which if you created the app using create-react-app, will be on the latest version. You could downgrade the version like I see some people suggesting, or you could make it work by using the modern functionalities in your project, which I did and I recommend you do too, react-router is widely used and it's important to be up-to-date with these libraries. For example, we no longer affect the history object directly, which you see the instructor doing in the course. Second issue you'll probably encounter is when writing the tests. Some of the syntax that the instructor uses is discouraged in today's testing approaches, like rendering a component while setting up a test (beforeEach), and cleaning up the container after every test (afterEach). Jest itself will let you know about this as you type. Other than that, the course is a great starting point. You need to know typescript beforehand though

By Judy Abi Nehme on 11/23/2021

The course is good for those who know React and Typescript and want to see how they can combine them together. It is also good to prepare for a unit testing interview using these technologies (if you've never done it before). Don't expect however to learn React or Typescript from this course. You should be familiar with them as a prerequisite for this course.

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Overall Score : 88 / 100