mimus

A stubbing library with a focus on having:

• A simple API.
• Dependency injection and auto stubbing.
• A decoupled relationship with test runners.

Note: Currently this project is using Sinon and Rewire. Check them out!

Installation

npm install mimus

Usage

  var mimus = require('mimus')

mimus.require

This is the main method that you will use. It will require only the module you want to test against, while stubbing any specified internal modules, that can be retrieved with other methods.

Require a stubbed db module and also stub the mongodb and zlib module.

  var db = mimus.require('./lib/db', __dirname, ['mongodb', 'zlib'])

Why the whitelist approach?

This way, unexpected clashes with mocking low level modules can be controlled by the user.

mimus.get

Get an internal variable.

Uses rewire.__get__.

  mimus.get(required_module, 'internal_var_name')

mimus.set

Set an internal variable.

Uses rewire.__set__.

  mimus.set(required_module, 'internal_var_name', 'value')

mimus.stub

Create a (Sinon.JS) stub.

  var stub = mimus.stub()
  stub.returns...

mimus.spy

Create a (Sinon.JS) spy.

  var spy = mimus.spy()

mimus.reset

Calls reset on every (Sinon.JS) stub/spy.

  mimus.reset()

mimus.restore

Calls restore on every (Sinon.JS) stub.

  mimus.restore()

Examples

See the system tests.

Contributing

Current list of contributors.

Any contributions are welcome. Please consider tests and code quality before submitting.

Code Of Conduct

See bantik's contributor covenant!

Issues

Current issue tracker is on github.

Please read any docs available before opening an issue.

Hacking

git clone [email protected]:brentlintner/mimus.git
cd mimus
npm install

Testing

npm run test
npm run test-cov

Code Quality

npm run lint
npm run lint-cov

Auto Compiling CoffeeScript

npm run dev &

Architectural Notes

The top level API's main goal is to be a one method level interface with the object returned via mimus.require being passed around by reference. This keeps api methods off of the main object, and also provides a more functional way to interact with mimus.

Versioning

This project ascribes to semantic versioning.

Kudos!

• Sinon is currently used underneath.
• For dependency injection, Rewire is used.
• Inspiration could not have happened with seeing Jest in action.

Also, see all other deps.