A spy is a function that records information about every call made to it. For example, instead of assigning an empty function to next, we can assign a spy to it. Whenever next is invoked, information about each invocation is stored inside the spy object. We can then use this information to determine the number of times the spy has been called.
The de facto spy library in the ecosystem is Sinon (sinonjs.org), so let's install it:
$ yarn add sinon --dev
Then, in our unit test, import the spy named export from the sinon package:
import { spy } from 'sinon';
Now, in our test function, instead of assigning an empty function to next, assign it a new spy:
const next = spy();
When the spy function is called, the ...
