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To create a slice and reducer in React for a messages app, you can follow these steps:

1. Import the necessary libraries:

import { createSlice } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';

2. Define an initial state for the messages slice:

const initialState = {
  messages: []
};

3. Create a slice using the createSlice function:

const messagesSlice = createSlice({
  name: 'messages',
  initialState,
  reducers: {
    addMessage: (state, action) => {
      state.messages.push(action.payload);
    },
    deleteMessage: (state, action) => {
      state.messages = state.messages.filter(message => message.id !== action.payload);
    }
  }
});

4. Extract the action creators and the reducer from the slice:

export const { addMessage, deleteMessage } = messagesSlice.actions;
export default messagesSlice.reducer;

Example Usage:

// Import the reducer and action creators
import messagesReducer, { addMessage, deleteMessage } from './messagesSlice';

// Create the store
const store = configureStore({
  reducer: {
    messages: messagesReducer
  }
});

// Dispatch actions
store.dispatch(addMessage({ id: 1, content: 'Hello, world!' }));
store.dispatch(deleteMessage(1));

Unit Testing: You can test the slice by creating mock actions and a mock state, and asserting the expected changes using the expect function provided by a testing library like Jest or React Testing Library.

Here's an example of how you can test the slice:

import messagesReducer, { addMessage, deleteMessage } from './messagesSlice';

describe('messages reducer', () => {
  it('should handle ADD_MESSAGE', () => {
    const initialState = { messages: [] };
    const action = addMessage({ id: 1, content: 'Hello, world!' });

    const newState = messagesReducer(initialState, action);

    expect(newState.messages).toHaveLength(1);
    expect(newState.messages[0].id).toBe(1);
    expect(newState.messages[0].content).toBe('Hello, world!');
  });

  it('should handle DELETE_MESSAGE', () => {
    const initialState = { messages: [{ id: 1, content: 'Hello, world!' }] };
    const action = deleteMessage(1);

    const newState = messagesReducer(initialState, action);

    expect(newState.messages).toHaveLength(0);
  });
});

Remember to install the necessary testing libraries before running the tests.