Jest

This will be a short blog how to set up your Webstorm instance to debug Backstage and its Jest tests. If you are getting Jest encountered an unexpected token on a Backstage repo while debugging with Webstorm.

  1. Run configurations run-configs

  2. “Edit configurations…” edit-configuration

  3. “Edit configuration templates” edit-template

  4. “Jest” jest

  5. Add the following test “Jest options”

    --config node_modules/@backstage/cli/config/jest.js

    This will use the jest config, also used by backstage-cli. options

  6. Ensure that the working directory is set to that directory which contains root package.json

With that, you are good to go!