should-up-test

Should Up

Remove all those "should" prefixes cluttering up your JS unit test descriptions!

When you run should-up, it'll go through all the files in the directory you specify, cleaning up as many test descriptions as it can. Afterwards, the changes should look something like this.

Before	After
describe('TodoApp', () => { it('should store reminders in local storage'); it('should set reminders as done when clicked'); it('should sync with the cloud'); });	describe('TodoApp', () => { it('stores reminders in local storage'); it('sets reminders as done when clicked'); it('syncs with the cloud'); });

Installation

npm install -g should-up

Usage

should-up /path/to/your/tests

Rationale

As you can see from the following highly scientific table of data, there's a pretty strong negative correlation between the readability of your test descriptions and the amount of meaningless filler in them.

Readability	Amount of meaningless filler
Total Disaster ⭐️	Widget ✓ should always correctly contain a button whenever appropriate ✓ should always correctly dispatch an event on click whenever appropriate ✓ should always correctly show the name of the user whenever appropriate ✓ should always correctly show the type of widget whenever appropriate
Still Very Bad ⭐️⭐️	Widget ✓ should always correctly contain a button ✓ should always correctly dispatch an event on click ✓ should always correctly show the name of the user ✓ should always correctly show the type of widget
You Are Here → ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Widget ✓ should contain a button ✓ should dispatch an event on click ✓ should show the name of the user ✓ should show the type of widget
All Killer No Filler ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	Widget ✓ contains a button ✓ dispatches an event on click ✓ shows the name of the user ✓ shows the type of widget

Anyway, when we start everything with the word "should", it sounds like we're not really 100% sure about what our code does. Like maybe we're even a little bit pessimistic that it works at all, but we're crossing our fingers and hoping for the best anyway.

Well... it should dispatch an event on click, but I dunno. Just... look, you can run it if you want, but don't come to me if it breaks is all I'm saying.

When you say something like it('dispatches an event on click') instead, it's literally a more enjoyable thing to write. It makes you feel like you're more certain about what your code's doing, and also more proud of your concise new unit test descriptions.

Contributing

This project adheres to the Open Code of Conduct. By participating, you are expected to honor this code.

License

Apache 2.0