Jest requireActual - Code with Hugo - Oct 15th 2019
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I've added a new section "Partial module mocking with jest.requireActual" to Jest Full and Partial Mock/Spy of CommonJS and ES6 Module Imports.
In this section, you'll be able to discern how to use jest.requireActual to do true partial mocking of a module in Jest.
The Code with Hugo September update is also out:
https://twitter.com/hugo__df/status/1169949855512481793
As mentioned in the end of that thread, I've recently published "Professional JavaScript" with Packt.
I can't say I necessarily recommend a $40 book even if I contributed to it, but there it is.
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