QUnit testing framework for Node.js
https://github.com/qunitjs/qunit
Features
- cli
- testrunner api
- test coverage via istanbul
- tests inside of one testfile run synchronous, but every testfile runs parallel
- tests from each file run in its own spawned node process
- same API for client and server side code (original QUnit is used)
- the simplest API of the world, especially for asynchronous testing
- you can write tests in TDD or BDD style depending on your task and test type
- you can run the same tests in browser if there is no dependencies to node
- generators support
Installation
$ npm i node-qunit
Package Name Up to 1.0.0
Up until version 1.0.0, this package was published under the name qunit
. That
name is now used by the official QUnit package and CLI, and this package will be
published as node-qunit
from version 1.0.0 onward.
Additionally, prior to 1.0.0, the node-qunit
package was a different project
that was deprecated and now lives under the name qnit
.
API
https://api.qunitjs.com
The only exception
// Separate tests into modules.
// Use `QUnit` namespace, because `module` is reserved for node.
QUnit.module(name, lifecycle)
Usage
Command line
Read full cli api doc using "--help" or "-h":
$ qunit -h
$ qunit -c ./code.js -t ./tests.js
By default, code and dependencies are added to the global scope. To specify requiring them into a namespace object, prefix the path or module name with the variable name to be used for the namespace object, followed by a colon:
$ qunit -c code:./code.js -d utils:utilmodule -t ./time.js
via api
var testrunner = require("node-qunit");
// Defaults:
{
// logging options
log: {
// log assertions overview
assertions: true,
// log expected and actual values for failed tests
errors: true,
// log tests overview
tests: true,
// log summary
summary: true,
// log global summary (all files)
globalSummary: true,
// log coverage
coverage: true,
// log global coverage (all files)
globalCoverage: true,
// log currently testing code file
testing: true
},
// run test coverage tool
coverage: false,
// define dependencies, which are required then before code
deps: null,
// define namespace your code will be attached to on global['your namespace']
namespace: null,
// max amount of ms child can be blocked, after that we assume running an infinite loop
maxBlockDuration: 2000
}
// change any option for all tests globally
testrunner.options.optionName = value;
// or use setup function
testrunner.setup({
log: {
summary: true
}
});
// one code and tests file
testrunner.run({
code: "/path/to/your/code.js",
tests: "/path/to/your/tests.js"
}, callback);
// require code into a namespace object, rather than globally
testrunner.run({
code: {path: "/path/to/your/code.js", namespace: "code"},
tests: "/path/to/your/tests.js"
}, callback);
// one code and multiple tests file
testrunner.run({
code: "/path/to/your/code.js",
tests: ["/path/to/your/tests.js", "/path/to/your/tests1.js"]
}, callback);
// array of code and test files
testrunner.run([
{
code: "/path/to/your/code.js",
tests: "/path/to/your/tests.js"
},
{
code: "/path/to/your/code.js",
tests: "/path/to/your/tests.js"
}
], callback);
// using testrunner callback
testrunner.run({
code: "/path/to/your/code.js",
tests: "/path/to/your/tests.js"
}, function(err, report) {
console.dir(report);
});
// specify dependency
testrunner.run({
deps: "/path/to/your/dependency.js",
code: "/path/to/your/code.js",
tests: "/path/to/your/tests.js"
}, callback);
// dependencies can be modules or files
testrunner.run({
deps: "modulename",
code: "/path/to/your/code.js",
tests: "/path/to/your/tests.js"
}, callback);
// dependencies can required into a namespace object
testrunner.run({
deps: {path: "utilmodule", namespace: "utils"},
code: "/path/to/your/code.js",
tests: "/path/to/your/tests.js"
}, callback);
// specify multiple dependencies
testrunner.run({
deps: ["/path/to/your/dependency1.js", "/path/to/your/dependency2.js"],
code: "/path/to/your/code.js",
tests: "/path/to/your/tests.js"
}, callback);
Writing tests
QUnit API and code which have to be tested are already loaded and attached to the global context.
Some tests examples
test("a basic test example", function (assert) {
assert.ok(true, "this test is fine");
var value = "hello";
assert.equal("hello", value, "We expect value to be hello");
});
QUnit.module("Module A");
test("first test within module", function (assert) {
assert.ok(true, "a dummy");
});
test("second test within module", function (assert) {
assert.ok(true, "dummy 1 of 2");
assert.ok(true, "dummy 2 of 2");
});
QUnit.module("Module B", {
setup: function () {
// do some initial stuff before every test for this module
},
teardown: function () {
// do some stuff after every test for this module
}
});
test("some other test", function (assert) {
assert.expect(2);
assert.equal(true, false, "failing test");
assert.equal(true, true, "passing test");
});
QUnit.module("Module C", {
setup: function() {
// setup a shared environment for each test
this.options = { test: 123 };
}
});
test("this test is using shared environment", function (assert) {
assert.deepEqual({ test: 123 }, this.options, "passing test");
});
test("this is an async test example", function (assert) {
var done = assert.stop();
assert.expect(2);
setTimeout(function () {
assert.ok(true, "finished async test");
assert.strictEqual(true, true, "Strict equal assertion uses ===");
done();
}, 100);
});
Generators support
test("my async test with generators", function* (assert) {
var data = yield asyncFn();
assert.equal(data, {a: 1}, 'generators work');
});
Run tests
$ npm it
Coverage
Code coverage via Istanbul.
To utilize, install istanbul
and set option coverage: true
or give a path where to store report coverage: {dir: "coverage/path"}
or pass --cov
parameter in the shell.
To specify the format of coverage report pass reporters array to the coverage options: coverage: {reporters: ['lcov', 'json']}
(default)
Coverage calculations based on code and tests passed to node-qunit
.