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jest vs watch

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Overview

jest
jest
Stacks8.9K
Followers22
Votes0
watch
watch
Stacks573
Followers1
Votes0
GitHub Stars1.3K
Forks144

jest vs watch: What are the differences?

What is jest? Delightful JavaScript Testing. Delightful JavaScript Testing.

What is watch? Utilities for watching file trees. Utilities for watching file trees.

jest and watch can be categorized as "npm Packages" tools.

jest and watch are both open source tools. jest with 34.9K GitHub stars and 5.04K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than watch with 1.21K GitHub stars and 126 GitHub forks.

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jest
jest
watch
watch

Delightful JavaScript Testing.

Utilities for watching file trees.

Statistics
GitHub Stars
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GitHub Stars
1.3K
GitHub Forks
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GitHub Forks
144
Stacks
8.9K
Stacks
573
Followers
22
Followers
1
Votes
0
Votes
0

What are some alternatives to jest, watch?

typescript

typescript

TypeScript is a language for application scale JavaScript development.

eslint

eslint

An AST-based pattern checker for JavaScript.

react

react

React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces.

@types/node

@types/node

TypeScript definitions for Node.js.

prettier

prettier

Prettier is an opinionated code formatter.

react-dom

react-dom

React package for working with the DOM.

express

express

Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework.

mocha

mocha

Simple, flexible, fun test framework.

webpack

webpack

Packs CommonJs/AMD modules for the browser. Allows to split your codebase into multiple bundles, which can be loaded on demand. Support loaders to preprocess files, i.e. json, jsx, es7, css, less, ... and your custom stuff.

eslint-plugin-import

eslint-plugin-import

Import with sanity.

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