How to test react component correctly? - unit-testing

Question

Recently I am learning to test React with jest and enzyme, It seems hard to understand what a unit test is it, my code
import React from "react";
class App extends React.Component {
constructor() {
super();
this.state = {
value: ""
};
this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
}
handleChange(e) {
const value = e.target.value;
this.setState({
value
});
}
render() {
return <Nest value={this.state.value} handleChange={this.handleChange} />;
}
}
export const Nest = props => {
return <input value={props.value} onChange={props.handleChange} />;
};
export default App;
and my test
import React from "react";
import App, { Nest } from "./nest";
import { shallow, mount } from "enzyme";
it("should be goood", () => {
const handleChange = jest.fn();
const wrapper = mount(<App />);
wrapper.find("input").simulate("change", { target: { value: "test" } });
expect(handleChange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
});
IMO, the mocked handleClick will intercept the handleClick on App,
if this is totally wrong, what's the right way to use mock fn and test the handleClick be called.
Another: I search a lot, read the similar situations, seem like this iscontra-Unit Test,
Probably I should test the two component separately, I can test both components,
test the
<Nest value={value} handleChange={handleChange} />
by pass the props manually, and then handleChangeinvoked by simulate change
it passed test.
but how can I test the connection between the two?
I read
some work is React Team's Work
...
I don't know which parts I have to test in this case, and Which parts react already tested and don't need me to test. That's confusing.

Answer 1

You should take the path of testing the Nest component in isolation first, passing your mocked handleChange as a prop, to verify that input changes are being propagated.
If you want to test the state part, then you can get the instance of your App class from enzyme and call that method directly:
it("should update the Nest value prop when change is received", () => {
const wrapper = mount(<App />);
const instance = wrapper.instance()
instance.handleChange( { target: { value: "test" } })
const nestComponent = wrapper.find("Nest").first()
expect(nestComponent).prop('value').toEqual('test');
});
This a very very basic, almost not needed to test piece of code, but it will get your test coverage up if that's what you're after.
Doc for instance: http://airbnb.io/enzyme/docs/api/ReactWrapper/instance.html

Answer 2

If you want to test for the connection. From what I see, the nest component is a child component inside the App component. You could test that <App /> contains `.
describe('<App />', () => {
it('should contain a nest component', () => {
const wrapper = mount(<App />);
expect(wrapper.find(<Nest />)).toHaveLength(1);
});
});
Secondly, since the onChange event on the nest component updates the state in the App component, you can also test for state changes since its a behavior you expect.
it('should update state', () => {
//find input and simulate change with say {value: 'new value'} and then
expect(wrapper.state().value).toBe('newValue');
});
I hope this helps.