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Testing What Users Actually See with Vitest and Chromatic | Codrops

Codrops·Kyle Gach·3 months ago
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Add fast, stable visual testing to your Browser Mode component tests chromatic visual testing vitest Editor’s note: Today, our friends at Chromatic are sharing an early look at their new visual testing plugin for Vitest. We’re excited to feature this guest article by Kyle Gach, who walks through how visual testing complements traditional component tests and helps catch UI regressions before they reach production. Your PR to insert an “add to favorites” button is green. Every automated test passes. CI reports no failures. Then a user reports that the product card doesn’t look right on their phone. The test suite verified the component logic, but missed the rendered state the user saw: the breakpoint, the spacing, the wrapping, and the final painted layout. Your Vitest tests can’t see your UI. Visual tests close that gap. That’s why we’re opening early access to our new Chromatic plugin for Vitest.…

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