Your first unit tests with Javascript's Jest Framework

Unit testing with Jest

Important: 💻 This exercise is interactive. Please follow the instructions.

Most developers today are required not only to write code, but also need to write code to test their own code 😱, yes... really.

Today we are going to be using the jest framework to create our first tests.

🌱 How to start this project

This project comes with the necessary files to start working immediately.

We recommend opening this very same repository using a provisioning tool like Codespaces (recommended) or Gitpod. Alternatively, you can clone it on your local computer using the git clone command.

This is the repository you need to open:

https://github.com/breatheco-de/exercise-unit-test-with-jest.git

👉 Please follow these steps on how to start a coding project.

💡 Important: Remember to save and upload your code to GitHub by creating a new repository, updating the remote (git remote set-url origin <your new url>), and uploading the code to your new repository using the add, commit and push commands from the git terminal.

Then follow these instructions:

1. Get into the exercise folder: $ cd exercise-unit-test-with-jest
2. Download learnpack globally (if you don't have it already): $ npm i learnpack -g
3. Start the exercise: $ learnpack start

What is this exercise about?

We are going to be using the Jest library to build a program capable of converting numeric values from one currency to another:

Function name	Description
fromDollarToYen	Receives a dollar amount and returns equivalent amount in Japan Yen
fromEuroToDollar	Receives a Euro amount and returns equivalent amount in US Dollar
fromYenToPound	Receives a Yen amount and equivalent amount in England Pound

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