I want to run my test file alone - node test/unit/test_404.js but also with the test suite - node test/unit/runner.js
to achieve that I added an if/else statement in each test file to check if the code is running directly with the node executable or if it's required by other file. if it was run directly, I run my server before running the test. if the file was required by the test suite runner, I just export the test so the runner will call it (module.exports = test). Here are 2 version of one of the test files - http://hastebin.com/fovofufome.js They are doing the same thing, except that in version 2 I moved the runServerBeforeTest function to it's own helper file. I found the first version more readable but it's more verbose and I need to repeate that in each test file. Any opinions or even different approaches for testing? btw, I deliberately uses node's built-in asserts and not using any test framework. I would like to feel pain before adding libraries and so far I am happy with this 'leas' approach. Pasting my code here as well: // test_404.js version 1 // core modulesvar assert = require('assert'); // npm packagevar request = require('request'); // GET /not-exist should return 404 - not foundfunction test(config) { console.log('GET /not-exist'); request({ uri: "http://localhost:"; + config.webSitePort + "/not-exist", followRedirect: false }, function (err, res, body) { if (err) { console.log('Error in ' + __filename + '. ' + err); } else { assert.equal(res.statusCode, 404) // process.exit(); }; }); }; // The following code let us run this test file by itself or as part of the runner.js// if this file is by itself with 'node test_foo.js' we need to run the server before calling the test// else - expose the test function since the runner.js already run the serverif (module === require.main) { runServerBeforeTest(); } else { module.exports = test; }; function runServerBeforeTest() { // my modules var config = require('../../config/test.js'); var app = require('../../app.js'); app.init(config, function (err, msg) { if (err) { console.log('Error during application init: ' + err); } else { console.log(msg); app.start(test(config)); } }); }; // test_404.js version 2 // core modulesvar assert = require('assert'); // npm packagevar request = require('request'); // GET /not-exist should return 404 - not foundfunction test(config) { console.log('GET /not-exist'); request({ uri: "http://localhost:"; + config.webSitePort + "/not-exist", followRedirect: false }, function (err, res, body) { if (err) { console.log('Error in ' + __filename + '. ' + err); } else { assert.equal(res.statusCode, 404) // process.exit(); }; }); }; // The following code let us run this test file by itself or as part of the runner.js// if this file is by itself with 'node test_foo.js' we need to run the server before calling the test// else - expose the test function since the runner.js already run the serverif (module === require.main) { runServerBeforeTest(); require(__dirname + '/helper.js').runServerBeforeTest(test); } else { module.exports = test; }; // helper.js - after my server is listening, run a given test module.exports.runServerBeforeTest = runServerBeforeTest; function runServerBeforeTest(test) { // my modules var config = require('../../config/test.js'); var app = require('../../app.js'); app.init(config, function (err, msg) { if (err) { console.log('Error during application init: ' + err); } else { console.log(msg); app.start(test(config)); } }); }; // runner.js - after my server is listening - run all test*.js files // my modulesvar config = require('../../config/test.js');var app = require('../../app.js');var helper = require(__dirname + '/helper.js'); function runTests() { console.log('running tests:'); testFiles = []; var test = null; testFiles = require("fs").readdirSync(__dirname).filter(function(file) { return (/^test/.test(file)) }); testFiles.forEach(function(file) { test = require("./" + file); if (typeof(test) === 'function') { test(config); } }); }; app.init(config, function (err, msg) { if (err) { console.log('Error during application init: ' + err); } else { console.log(msg); app.start(runTests(config)); } }); -- -- 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
