Wix Engineering Blog

Last week our very own Amit Kaufman (Editor Manager) and Avi Marcus (Editor Client Architect) appeared for a guest appearance on the JavaScript-Jabber podcast where they talked about our recent transition to React. Lately our editor team was focused on one main task: re-writing our existing codebase using the React framework, while maintaining the exact same feature set. In the podcast you’ll hear tales from Wix’s experience working with React and our legacy code. Why change

Most developers don’t like writing integration tests. But what’s not to like? Integration tests ensure that a newly added feature provides the correct interaction—as it was defined in the first place—and confirm that the same feature doesn’t break any existing functionality. However, the nightmare quickly begins: maintaining integration tests. The addition of even a small item to a navigation bar may result in 40% of the tests suddenly failing. This article considers the trad