docs: add advice to use fireEvent over Simulate (testing-library#85)

alexkrolick · Sep 13, 2018 · 23cf56a · 23cf56a
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@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ Note: `Simulate` does not simulate _browser_ events, meaning if you have an elem
 
 calling `Simulate.click` will not cause the submit event to be invoked. In order to get around this and for more info, see [`fireEvent`](#fireeventnode-htmlelement-event-event).
 
+In general, it is better to use `fireEvent` whenever possible because it mimics more closely what happens in the browser when an event happens.
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 ### `wait`
 
 Defined as: