It does seem like domains seem like a suspiciously useful way of encapsulating and reporting on tests. I'll look to see if anyone's made a little test runner that uses them!
Cheers, Alex On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 2:43:37 AM UTC+1, Dominic wrote: > > _everyone_ a strong opinion on this. > > our test frameworks need to be rewritten now that we have domains. > > maybe, write through exercises in the book? > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Roly Fentanes <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you can get your tests' point across clearly by using node's `assert` > > module and it's not that much difficult to structure compared to a full > > featured test framework, then consider using it. > > > > Otherwise, mocha is the popular recent one, and my personal choice. > nodeunit > > is easy to understand too, and has been around for a while. vows used to > be > > the choice, there's still a lot of popular modules with their tests > written > > with vows. But it's no longer maintained and it shows. > > > > chai is often used along with these to make assertions easier to > understand. > > > > > > On Monday, July 16, 2012 9:56:14 AM UTC-7, Alex Young wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I write about Node a lot, and I often illustrate concepts using tests. > >> However, there isn't a standard test runner for Node. > >> > >> So, let's say I'm writing a book about Node. I'd like to include > examples > >> using a test runner that's idiomatic, lightweight, and likely to be > around > >> in a year or two. I'm thinking Mocha or Nodeunit might be a good idea. > >> > >> My projects from 2010-2011 seemed to use Nodeunit, and I've switched a > few > >> to Mocha with very little trouble. Their APIs aren't directly > compatible > >> but the same concepts can be readily gleaned in both. > >> > >> Does anyone have any strong opinions about this? What test runner would > >> you expect (or want) to see in books about Node? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Alex > > > > -- > > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > > Posting guidelines: > > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "nodejs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
