You write five tests for the contacts page. Every one begins with the same two lines. Copying them is tedious, and when the flow changes you edit five places.
A hook is code that runs around your tests automatically.
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Hooks: setup that runs for you
beforeEach, afterEach, beforeAll and afterAll. Choosing between them is a decision about test independence.
What you'll learn
- What beforeEach, afterEach, beforeAll and afterAll do
- Why beforeEach protects test independence
- Why every test gets its own fresh page
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