The Complete React Developer Course (with Hooks and Redux) - Creating a Separate Test Database

The video tutorial explains the importance of using separate test databases to avoid affecting real user data. It covers setting up environment variables for different environments using cross-env and configuring Webpack to handle these variables securely. The tutorial also guides on creating .env files for Firebase configurations and testing the setup to ensure the correct database is used during tests.

What steps are involved in configuring the test database in Firebase?

Describe the process of reading environment variables in the application.

What is the significance of the 'setupFiles' property in the Jest configuration?

How can you ensure that test cases do not affect the development database?