Mock of store action of vuex does not mocked - vue.js

Question

I have small vue component that on created hook dispatch some action
#Component
export default class SomeComponent extends Vue {
created() {
store.dispatch('module/myAction', { root: true });
}
}
and I wrote next test
const localVue = createLocalVue();
localVue.use(Vuex);
localVue.use(VueRouter);
const localRouter = new VueRouter();
describe('SomeComponent.vue Test', () => {
let store: any;
beforeEach(() => {
store = new Vuex.Store({
modules: {
module: {
namespaced: true,
actions: {
myAction: jest.fn()
}
}
}
});
});
it('is component created', () => {
const wrapper = shallowMount(SomeComponent, {
localVue,
store,
propsData: {}
});
expect(wrapper.isVueInstance()).toBeTruthy();
});
});
but for some reason the "real" code are executed and I got a warning

Answer 1

isVueInstance() is deprecated. In your test you should mock $store object and it's dispatch function. I fixed typo in created(), here's my version of SomeComponent and working test, hope that would help.
#Component
export default class SomeComponent extends Vue {
created () {
this.$store.dispatch('module/myAction', { root: true })
}
}
import { shallowMount, Wrapper } from '#vue/test-utils'
import SomeComponent from '#/components/SomeComponent/SomeComponent.vue'
let wrapper: Wrapper<SomeComponent & { [key: string]: any }>
describe('SomeComponent.vue Test', () => {
beforeEach(() => {
wrapper = shallowMount(SomeComponent, {
mocks: {
$store: {
dispatch: jest.fn()
}
}
})
})
it('is component created', () => {
expect(wrapper.vm.$store.dispatch).toBeCalled()
expect(wrapper.vm.$store.dispatch).toBeCalledWith('module/myAction', { root: true })
})
})
Also keep in mind that when you test SomeComponent or any other component you should not test store functionality, you should just test, that certain actions/mutations were called with certain arguments. The store should be tested separately. Therefore you don't need to create real Vuex Store when you test components, you just need to mock $store object.