Shared State: Testing, Part 2

Stephen: So, it may not seem like it, but what we have accomplished is actually quite amazing. We are writing tests for features that contain a reference type as if they are just regular features built on value types. We are exhaustively testing every aspect of the feature, while at the same time being able to share a piece of state with multiple features. This means we have all of the ergonomics and powers of reference types, with seemingly none of the down sides.

Brandon: But so far the tests we have been dealing with have been quite simple. Let’s see a more real world and advanced example. In fact, the sign up flow we built the previous episode would be a great testing ground for this. That was dealing with state shared amongst many features, and if we can simple tests for that, then we would know we have achieved something pretty amazing.

Let’s take a look.