cotest

yet another unit test assertion and test runner - small, simple, no dependencies

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Why

This originated as an attempt to have assertions that are less verbose because assert.notDeepStrictEqual is ugly.

What

Example

const ct = require('cotest')
 
ct('1. primitives - comparison', function(t) {
  t('==', 2, 2)
  t('!==', 3, 4, 'should be unequal')
  t('<', 1, 2)
  t('!', null, 'should be falsy')
  t.skip('>=', 55, 0, 'TODO')
})
ct('2. object - comparison', function(t) {
  t('!{===}', [], 'str', 'should be notDeepStrictEqual')
  t('{==}', [2], 2, 'should be deepEqual')
})
ct('3. async', function(t, end) {
  setTimeout(end, 0)
  t('!==', 3, 4)
  t('!{==}', 3, 4)
})
ct.skip('4. skip', function(t) {
  // all tests defined here will be skipped
})

Features

• Javascript Comparison Operators (==, !==, ===, !===, <, <=, >, >=)
• Negation (!, !!)
• Other symbols for nested object
  • {==}: deepEqual
  • !{==}: notDeepEqual
  • {===}: strictDeepEqual
  • !{===}: notStrictDeepEqual
• throws for assert.throws, !throws for doesNotThrows
• Async support
• Skip full test groups or individual assertions with t.skip()
• Only run selected test group(s) with t.only()
• Basic test runner to run multiple files and directories
• Compact reporting
• Support only running selected tests for troubleshooting

Limitations

• No nesting of tests
• Limited configuration

How

Installation

In node, from the project root folder type npm i -D cotest to install.

API

Command Line

• cotest file1 directory1 directory2 file2 ...

Test Declaration

• cotest(titleString[, testFunction [, message]])
• cotest.skip(titleString[, testFunction [, message]])
• cotest.only(titleString, testFunction [, message])

if no test function is provided, the test will be marked as skipped

Assertion Declaration

• assert(operator, valueToTest, referenceValue[, additional message])
• assert.skip(operator, valueToTest, referenceValue[, additional message])

Async use

Test are normally automatically completed after the test function is executed. Example: cotest('syncTest', function(assert) { /*assertions*/ })

To change this behaviour, add a callback to the test function. This calback must be called to end the test. Example: cotest('asyncTest', function(assert, done) { /*assertions*/; done()})

An error message can be passed to the donefunction. Example: cotest('asyncTest', function(assert, done) { if (true) done() else done('failed') })

If a callback is declared but not called, the test fails after 1000ms. To change the default duration: cotest.timeout = 1500

Use in a test file

    var co = require('cotest')
    co('async test, call the function argument to end', function(t, done) {
        t('<', Math.abs(error), 0.001)
        setTimeout(done, 0)
    })
    co('sync test - no function argument needed', function(t) {
        t('==', 1+1, 2)
        t('!', null)
        t('{==}', [1, 2], [1, 2])
    }, 'Any Truthy Value as 3rd argument will only run flagges tests')
    co('sync test - no function argument needed', function(t) {
        t('==', 1+1, 2)
        t('{==}', [1, 2], [1, 2])
    })

Use in package.json

"scripts": {
  "test": "cotest mytestdirectory",
  "test_file": "cotest mytestdirectory/mytestfile"
}

In any of the test files are flagged as priority, only these tests will run.

License

MIT © Hugo Villeneuve