During development, the Tester optimizes for dev experience and performance. It tests modified components, in isolation, to help tackle issues quickly during development.
bit test allows testing components in the workspace. Each component is tested im isolation with its configured tester as defined in the development env.
bit test
testing total of 6 components in workspace 'docs-examples' testing 5 components with environment company.scope/envs/my-react@b28b35cee4c99abcf304f746b9fadf94cfef4538 PASS demo/pages/welcome/welcome.spec.tsx PASS demo/pages/welcome/welcome.spec.tsx PASS demo/ui/heading/heading.spec.tsx PASS demo/ui/card/card.spec.tsx PASS scope/ui/button/button.spec.tsx PASS demo/ui/text/text.spec.tsx Test Suites: 6 passed, 6 total Tests: 23 passed, 23 total Snapshots: 0 total Time: 8.627 s Ran all test suites. tested 6 components in 13.342 seconds.
Watching for component changes is done using the --watch flag.
bit test --watch
Bit saves the test results and standarizes them to a single format, regardless of the specific test runner used. It provides a single, standard UI for testing components during development, with live updates.
Bit watches for re-runs tests by default when starting the workspace UI.
bit start
Stopping the Tester from watching changes on bit start can be done using the watchOnStart config.
