Error message:
The package at "node_modulesconsole-testing-librarydistpure.js" attempted to import the Node standard library module "console".
It failed because the native React runtime does not include the Node standard library.
I have a basic React-Native app using Expo and React. I just can’t seem to get around this error though.
I tried using Jest.js instead of the console testing library but didn’t seem to work and have no idea how to get around it.
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Answers
The error means that the library you are using is not designed to work with React Native because the library
console-testing-library
requires a node.js environment while React Native is not a node.js environment.Jest is compatible with React Native based on the official documentation.
Maybe if you provide more code with jest, I could help you.
1-Certainly! React is a JavaScript library used mainly for building user interfaces on web applications. Unlike Node.js, which is a separate runtime environment for executing JavaScript code outside the browser, React doesn’t include or rely on Node.js’s standard library.
2-Node.js provides a platform for running JavaScript on the server-side and includes its own set of functionalities like file system operations and networking. React, however, is focused on the presentation layer and doesn’t directly interact with Node.js’s standard library.
3-While React can be used on both the client-side (in the browser) and server-side (with frameworks like Next.js), it doesn’t depend on Node.js for its core functionality. React applications usually run within the context of a web browser or with server-side JavaScript frameworks, rather than within Node.js itself.