This book is written for Vue.js 2 and Vue Test Utils v1.

Find the Vue.js 3 version here.

What is this guide?

Welcome to the Vue.js testing handbook!

This is a collection of short, focused examples on how to test Vue components. It uses vue-test-utils, the official library for testing Vue components, and Jest, a modern testing framework. It covers the vue-test-utils API, as well as best practises for testing components.

Each section is independent from the others. We start of by setting up an environment with vue-cli and writing a simple test. Next, two ways to render a component are discussed - mount and shallowMount. The differences will be demonstrated and explained.

From then on, we cover how to test various scenarios that arise when testing components, such as testing components that:

  • receive props
  • use computed properties
  • render other components
  • emit events

and so forth. We then move on to more interesting cases, such as:

  • best practises for testing Vuex (in components, and independently)
  • testing Vue router
  • testing involving third party components

We will also explore how to use the Jest API to make our tests more robust, such as:

  • mocking API responses
  • mocking and spying on modules
  • using snapshots

Further Reading

Other useful resources include: