nx/packages/react/docs/cypress-component-configuration-examples.md

{% callout type="caution" title="Can I use component testing?" %} React component testing with Nx requires Cypress version 10.7.0 and up.

You can migrate with to v11 via the migrate-to-cypress-11 generator.

This generator is for Cypress based component testing.

If you want to test components via Storybook with Cypress, then check out the storybook-configuration generator docs. However, this functionality is deprecated, and will be removed on Nx version 19. {% /callout %}

This generator is designed to get your React project up and running with Cypress Component Testing.

nx g @nx/react:cypress-component-configuration --project=my-cool-react-project

Running this generator, adds the required files to the specified project with a preconfigured cypress.config.ts designed for Nx workspaces.

The following file will be added to projects where the Component Testing build target is using webpack for bundling:

import { defineConfig } from 'cypress';
import { nxComponentTestingPreset } from '@nx/react/plugins/component-testing';

export default defineConfig({
  component: nxComponentTestingPreset(__filename, {
    bundler: 'webpack',
  }),
});

The following file will be added to projects where the Component Testing build target is using vite for bundling:

import { defineConfig } from 'cypress';
import { nxComponentTestingPreset } from '@nx/react/plugins/component-testing';

export default defineConfig({
  component: nxComponentTestingPreset(__filename, {
    bundler: 'vite',
  }),
});

Here is an example on how to add custom options to the configuration

import { defineConfig } from 'cypress';
import { nxComponentTestingPreset } from '@nx/react/plugins/component-testing';

export default defineConfig({
  component: {
    ...nxComponentTestingPreset(__filename, {
      bundler: 'webpack',
    }),
    // extra options here
  },
});

The bundler option

Component testing supports two different bundlers: webpack and vite. The Nx generator will pick up the bundler used in the specified project's build target. If the build target is using @nx/webpack:webpack, then the generator will use webpack as the bundler. If the build target is using @nx/vite:build, then the generator will use vite as the bundler.

You can manually set the bundler by passing --bundler=webpack or --bundler=vite to the generator, but that is not needed since the generator will pick up the correct bundler for you. However, if you want to use a different bundler than the one that is used in the build target, then you can manually set it using that flag.

Specifying a Build Target

Component testing requires a build target to correctly run the component test dev server. This option can be manually specified with --build-target=some-react-app:build, but Nx will infer this usage from the project graph if one isn't provided.

For React projects, the build target needs to be using the @nx/webpack:webpack executor. The generator will throw an error if a build target can't be found and suggest passing one in manually.

Letting Nx infer the build target by default

nx g @nx/react:cypress-component-configuration --project=my-cool-react-project

Manually specifying the build target

nx g @nx/react:cypress-component-configuration --project=my-cool-react-project --build-target:some-react-app:build --generate-tests

{% callout type="note" title="Build Target with Configuration" %} If you're wanting to use a build target with a specific configuration. i.e. my-app:build:production, then manually providing --build-target=my-app:build:production is the best way to do that. {% /callout %}

Auto Generating Tests

You can optionally use the --generate-tests flag to generate a test file for each component in your project.

nx g @nx/react:cypress-component-configuration --project=my-cool-react-project --generate-tests

Running Component Tests

A new component-test target will be added to the specified project to run your component tests.

nx g component-test my-cool-react-project

Here is an example of the project configuration that is generated. The --build-target option is added as the devServerTarget which can be changed as needed.

{
  "targets" {
    "component-test": {
      "executor": "@nx/cypress:cypress",
      "options": {
        "cypressConfig": "<path-to-project-root>/cypress.config.ts",
        "testingType": "component",
        "devServerTarget": "some-react-app:build",
        "skipServe": true
      }
    }
  }
}

Nx also supports Angular component testing.