totes

Totes - Chainable, expandable assertion library for javascript

Install

npm install totes

Usage

var expect = require('totes').expect;

expect wraps the value in an Assertable object

var assertable = expect(testExpression);

Assertable objects have several assertion functions available

assertable.isTruthy();
assertable.is(expressionToTestAgainstValue);
assertable.isExactly(expressionToTestAgainstValueAndType);

If any assertion fails, it will throw an AssertionError which will be detected by test runners including mocha

Chaining

You can chain assertions for more terse syntax

expect(testExpression)
    .isTruthy()
    .is(someOtherExpression)
    .isExactly(aThirdExpression);

Expanding

Since totes has a small core centered around the Assertable object, you can write your own assertions by extending the Assertable prototype.

var Assertable = require('totes').assertable;
 
Assertable.prototype.isHelloString = function(){
  // you can access the internal value with this.value
  return this.isTrue(function(val){
      return typeof(val) === 'string' &&  val === 'Hello';
  }, 'Custom assertion error goes here');
}

Then to use the new function, simply call it like any other assertion

expect('Hello').isHelloString(); // Should pass
expect('other string').isHelloString(); // Should fail

Simply return this.isTrue or this.isFalse to hook into the chaining mechanism.

NOTE: If you use totes in browser tests (for example in karma) then replace expect with totesExpect. I made this change to avoid clashing with other libraries like chai.

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Christopher Gillis

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