@selfage/test_runner

Let each test file be executable on its own.


Keywords
Test, Testing, Runner, Executable, TypeScript
License
CNRI-Python-GPL-Compatible
Install
npm install @selfage/test_runner@5.0.1

Documentation

@selfage/test_runner

Install

npm install @selfage/test_runner

Overview

Written in TypeScript and compiled to ES6 with inline source map & source. See @selfage/tsconfig for full compiler options. Provides a simple test runner that makes each test file itself an exectuable file and is capable to be combined into one large test suite file.

Test runner for Node environment

Simple test

// math.ts
export function add(a: number, b: number): number {
  return a + b;
}

// math_test.ts
import { add } from './math';
import { TEST_RUNNER } from "@selfage/test_runner";

TEST_RUNNER.run({
  // The name of this test set.
  name: "MathTest",
  cases: [
    {
      // The name of each test case.
      name: "UnderTen",
      // It can also be an async function.
      execute: () => {
        // Execute
        let res = add(1, 2);

        // Verify
        if (res !== 3) {
          throw new Error('Expect to be 3.');
        }
      }
    }
  ]
});

After compiled with tsc, you can execute the test file via node math_test.js, which executes all test cases in this file and outputs success or failure of each case to console.

math_test.js is a executable file taking two command line arguments: --set-name or -s, and --case-name or -c. (node math_test.js -h brings up help menu.)

node math_test.js -c UnderTen would only execute the test case UnderTen.

node math_test.js -s MathTest would only execute the test set MathTest which is helpful in a test suite.

Test suite

Suppose we have 3 test files: math_test.ts, handler_test.ts, element_test.ts. The test_suite.ts contains the following.

import './math_test';
import './handler_test';
import './element_test';
// That's it!

After compiled with tsc, you can execute it via node test_suite.js, which executes all test sets in all test files and outputs success or failure of each case to console. It's helpful to include all tests in a project that needs to pass before, e.g., commiting or releasing.

test_suite.js is a executable file that takes -s and -c, just like math_test.js.

node test_suite.js -s MathTest makes more sense in that it only executes the test set MathTest.

node test_suite.js -s MathTest -c UnderTen would only execute the test case UnderTen from the test set MathTest.

Advanced test

// flush.ts
export async function flush(databaseConnection: any): Promise<void> {
  await databaseConnection.write({});
}

// flush_test.ts
import { flush } from './flush';
import { TEST_RUNNER, Environment } from "@selfage/test_runner";

TEST_RUNNER.run({
  name: "FlushTest",
  environment: new class implements Environment {
    public databaseConnection: any;
    public async setUp(): Promise<void> {
      databaseConnection = await DatabaseConnection.establish();
    }
    public async tearDown(): Promise<void> {
      await databaseConnection.dispose();
    }
  },
  cases: [{
    name: "Success",
    setUp: async (environment) => {
      // More setup with environment.databaseConnection.
    },
    execute: async (environment) => {
      await flush(environment.databaseConnection);
    },
    tearDown: async (environment) => {
      // Cleanup data especially when test failed.
    }
  }]
});

For advanced usage, you can supply an implementation of Environment as well as setUp() and tearDown() for each test case.

Note that all functions include execute() can return a Promise for async operators.

Stack trace from TypeScript source file

Based on the amazing source-map-support package, stack traces from errors, especially when assertion failed, will be mapped back to TypeScript source files.