Reverse Engineering SPFx Testing - Teaching GitHub Copilot to Configure Vitest for you
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Setting up Vitest unit testing for your SharePoint Framework (SPFx) projects can be a manual and time-consuming process — from configuring dependencies and Jest-like setup to aligning TypeScript and project structures. In this session, I’ll first walk audience through how to manually configure an SPFx solution for Vitest — step by step — to understand what’s really happening under the hood. Then, we’ll take it a step further by leveraging GitHub Copilot and VS Code prompt files to automate the setup. Audience will see how a single, well-crafted prompt can transform your SPFx project into a Vitest-ready unit testing project in seconds! This session blends reverse engineering, AI-assisted development, and hands-on SPFx knowledge — empowering you to combine the best of developer expertise and AI acceleration to improve your testing workflow. Audience will learn How to manually configure SPFx for Vitest unit testing How to use VS Code prompt files with GitHub Copilot to automate the setup
