In this article I show you how to test asynchronous requests with MochaJS. To simplify the example I’m going to show you how to build a mock Web server. That way you can simulate the delay from a server, without actually having to run a server. Step 1. Clone the Read more…
In this article I show how to use assert to test if something is true or false in MochaJS. Step 1. Initialize a new test project Create a test project folder and initialize it with npm. If you need more details on these steps, see my article on MochaJS setup. Read more…
In this article I show you how to setup a lerna TypeScript monorepo for testing with mocha (MochaJS). Step 1. Install lerna globally Install lerna globally using npm. If you don’t have npm installed, click here. Open up a terminal window Run the following (the $ indicates that you are Read more…
In this article I show you how to setup a lerna JavaScript monorepo for testing with mocha (MochaJS). Step 1. Install lerna and mocha globally Install lerna and mocha globally using npm. If you don’t have npm installed, click here. Open up a terminal window Run the following (the $ Read more…
In this article I show you how to test exception messages with MochaJS. Step 1. Clone the starter project Use git to clone my starter repo into a new folder. git clone https://github.com/mitchallen/autom8able-mochajs-starter.git mocha-awesome cd mocha-awesome/ npm install Run the default tests to make sure the install went okay: npm Read more…
In this article I show you how to generate HTML and JSON test result reports for MochaJS using Mocha Awesome. Step 1. Clone the starter project Use git to clone my starter repo into a new folder. Run the default tests to make sure the install went okay: Step 2. Read more…
In this article I show you how to filter which tests to run in MochaJS. Step 1. Clone the starter project Use git to clone my starter repo into a new folder. git clone https://github.com/mitchallen/autom8able-mochajs-starter.git mocha-filter cd mocha-filter/ npm install Run the default tests to make sure the install went Read more…
In this article I show you how to write data-driven tests using MochaJS. Step 1. Clone the starter project Use git to clone my starter repo into a new folder. git clone https://github.com/mitchallen/autom8able-mochajs-starter.git mocha-data-driven cd mocha-data-driven/ npm install Run the default tests to make sure the install went okay: npm Read more…
In this article I show how and why MochaJS displays slow test result time info in different colors. Step 1. Clone the starter project Use git to clone my starter repo into a new folder. git clone https://github.com/mitchallen/autom8able-mochajs-starter.git mocha-colors cd mocha-colors/ npm install Run the default tests to make sure Read more…
This article covers setting up Mocha (MochaJS) for automated software testing. Step 1. Create a new test project folder Create a test project folder and initialize it with npm. If you don’t have npm installed, click here. On a Mac or Linux machine, open up a terminal window and do Read more…
