How We Updated @vue/test-utils in GitLab

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A developer describes updating the @vue/test-utils library inside GitLab: the work required sending over a dozen pull requests to @vue/test-utils, proposing an internal RFC to create a fork, and digging into Vue’s reactivity internals. The talk focuses on the practical problems encountered—coordination with upstream, maintaining code and test quality—and the approaches used to get the updates merged and stable in GitLab.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 4:25Goals for @vue/test-utils update
3. 9:45Vue basics
4. 11:34@vue/test-utils in GitLab
5. 14:05Component testing problems
6. 21:30Evan You's role
7. 22:37Shallow vs deep render
8. 28:04Slot testing challenges
9. 32:47Vue 3 migration issues
10. 39:33DOM mounting specifics
11. 42:51Open Source responsibility
12. 47:50Key @vue/test-utils changes
13. 51:50Fixes for destroyed components
14. 53:15Props infinite loops
15. 1:01:30Rewriting from scratch?
16. 1:05:10Summary

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