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Helper functions for component testing
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FicusJS testing
The FicusJS testing package provides lightweight helper functions for web component testing.
This package provides browser globals such as window
and document
using jsdom which is an implementation of many browser APIs ideal for testing but is not an actual browser.
We recommend using a tool such as Cypress for browser end-to-end tests.
Running tests
This package contains functions intended for a NodeJS environment and not a real browser. It is therefore, best used for fast iteration.
The functions can be used with any NodeJS testing framework.
The following functions are available in the FicusJS testing package.
init
- a function for initializing the test environmentrender
- a function to render a web component for testing
init function
The init
function initializes the NodeJS environment ready for testing.
Simply call init
in your set-up hook.
import test from 'ava'
import { init, render } from '@ficusjs/testing'
test.before(init)
// if passing options to JSDOM
test.before(() => init({ runScripts: 'dangerously' }))
The init
function accepts the following optional arguments:
| Name | Type | Description |
|------------|----------|---------------------------------------|
| options
| object
| An object of options to pass to JSDOM |
render function
The render
function will create a new web component instance for testing.
It returns a DOM instance of the component.
import test from 'ava'
import { init, render } from '@ficusjs/testing'
test.before(init)
test('render basic component', async t => {
const comp = await render('basic-comp', () => import('../src/component.mjs'), { foo: 'bar' })
t.is(comp.querySelector('p').textContent, 'Basic component with bar')
})
The render
function accepts the following arguments:
| Name | Type | Description |
|------------|------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| tagName
| string
| The web component tag name |
| importer
| function
| A function that registers a web component. This can return a Promise
|
| attrs
| object
| An optional object of attributes to set on the component instance |
Testing components
Testing web components can be done in a number of ways.
- verifying that a component renders without throwing using a "smoke test"
- shallow rendering and testing component output
- full rendering and testing component lifecycle and state changes
It is a good idea to start with creating basic smoke tests for your components.
Testing that a component mounts and ensures that it doesn't throw during rendering provides a lot of value with very little effort.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE
file for details.
Contributing to FicusJS
Any kind of positive contribution is welcome! Please help us to grow by contributing to the project.
If you wish to contribute, you can work on any features you think would enhance the library. After adding your code, please send us a Pull Request.
Please read CONTRIBUTING for details on our CODE OF CONDUCT, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.
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