Section Tests - TDD for node

A beautiful, extensible and lightweight async test framework.

Attention, this module works since version 2 only with node 10+ and the --experimental-modules flag set!

Usage

1. Install the module

 npm i --save-dev section-tests

2. Add test command to your package.json file

"scripts": {
    "test": "node ./node_modules/.bin/section ./test/**/*.js"
},

You may use glob patterns for defining the files that should be loaded for executing the tests.

3. Create your test files

The section test framework generates structured messages from your test which then are processed by an output reporter. That reporter needs to be instantiated before the first test is executed.

Example:

import section, {SpecReporter} from 'section-tests';


// this must only be done in the first file
// that is executed for testing
section.use(new SpecReporter());


// lets do some preparations before we execute
// the actual tests
section.setup(async () => {

    await doSetupThings();

    // print status
    section.info('Things are set up!');
});


// now lets execute some tests
section('Outer Group', (section) => {
    section('Inner Group', (section) => {

        section.test('Test a', async() => {
            const result = await doSomething();
            asser(result);
        });

        section.test('Test a', async() => {
            const result = await doAnotherThing();
            asser(result);

            // print a neat log message
            section.success(`Got result ${result}`);
        });
    });
});

The resulting output looks like this:

API

Creating a test group

Tests must be organized in groups. In order to create a group the section can be invoked

const section = import Section from 'section-tests';

// create a new group
section('group', (section) => {

    // one can create unlimited nested groups by 
    // using the section passed to the callback
    // to the section function
    section('nested group', (section) => {

    });
});

Creating a test

Tests must be part of a test group

const section = import Section from 'section-tests';

// create a new group
section('group', (section) => {

    // the section variable passed above to this
    // function can be used to execute tests
    section.test('test name', async() => {

        // run your tests in here, make sure this
        // function is async or returns a promise 
    });
});

Defining timeouts

The deafult timeout for tests is 2 seconds

global timeout

The global timeout can be altered by calling the setTimeout method on the global section object

const section = import Section from 'section-tests';

// increases the global timeout to 3 seconds
section.setTimeout(3000);

individual test timeout

The indivdual timeout for each test can be set on the section object the test is executed on

const section = import Section from 'section-tests';

// create a new group
section('group', (section) => {

    // define test
    section.test('test name', async() => {

        // increases timeout to 10 seconds for this 
        // test only
        section.setTimeout(10000);
    });
});

Enabling a repoter

Currently only there is only one reporter, the spec reporter. It writes the output of the tests to the console.

The reporter msut be set in the first file that is executed for all tests.

import section, {SpecReporter} from 'section-tests';

// add the spec reported
section.use(new SpecReporter());

Writing logs

Tests may output additional log messages. They are displayed inline of the test ourput.

const section = import Section from 'section-tests';

// create a new group
section('group', (section) => {

    // define test
    section.test('test name', async() => {

        // log something
        section.info('important message!');
    });
});

The available log methods are:

• notice
• debug
• warn
• error
• success