jest-helpers

Tests should be living documentation for your code, but often test descriptions get out of sync with your code. This library helps keep them in sync using TypeScript.

Benefits

• When you rename a class, the name of your test for it will automatically update
• When you rename any of the following, your test will get a TypeScript error until you update your test:
  • A method on a class
  • A field on a class
  • An exported function inside a module
• Has useful functions for creating mocks:
  • partialOf<T>(partial: Partial<T>): T
  • deepPartialOf<T>(partial: DeepPartial<T>): T

Install

npm install jest-helpers --save-dev

Usage

./greeter.ts

export class Greeter {
  getGreeting(name: string) {
    return `Hello ${name}`;
  }
}
 
export function showGreeting(greeter: Greeter, name: string) {
  const greeting = greeter.getGreeting(name)
  console.log(greeting)
}

./greeter.test.ts

import { describeClass, describeFunction, describeMethod, partialOf } from 'jest-helpers';
import greeterModule = require('greeter');
import { Greeter, showGreeting } from './greeter';
 
describeClass(Greeter, () => {
  describeMethod(Greeter, 'getGreeting', () => {
    it('should return a personalised greeting', () => {
      const greeter = new Greeter();
      expect(greeter.getGreeting('Joe')).toEqual('Hello Joe');
    });
  });
});
 
describeFunction(greeterModule, 'showGreeting', () => {
  it('should log greeting to the console', () => {
    const greeterMock = partialOf<Greeter>({
      getGreeting: jest.fn().mockReturnValue('yo!')
    });
 
    jest.spyOn(console, 'log');
 
    showGreeting(greeterMock, 'Joe');
 
    expect(greeterMock.getGreeting).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Joe');
    expect(console.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith('yo!');
  });
});

Running jest --verbose will output something like

  example/greeter.ts
    Greeter
      getGreeting
        ✓ should return a personalised greeting (4ms)
    showGreeting
      ✓ should log greeting to the console (2ms)

If you rename your Greeter class, it will automatically update the test description.

If you rename your Greeter.getGreeting method, you will get a TypeScript error in your test until you update your test to match the new name.

If you rename your showGreeting function, you will get a TypeScript error in your test until you update your test to match the new name.

Contributing

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Pull-requests are also welcome. 😸