On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Athan Clark <athan.cl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone. I'd like to make unit testing a practice difficult to > evade in Node.js. One of the requirements, though, is that you need to be > able to test a module's functionality independently of it's dependencies > (say that 10 times fast!). This is what mockery is designed to help with: https://github.com/mfncooper/mockery Especially with the recently-added "clean cache" option, you can mock out dependencies of your modules or even of your dependencies, and test with the isolation you're looking for. -- Martin Cooper > My idea is to make node more flexible in the directories it chooses to > look for node modules by providing an alternative "mode" for it to look in > - ie if *NODE_MODE* is set to "test", then npm will first try to look in > ./test_node_modules for a package before looking in ./node_modules. That > way we can provide *alternative *modules for a package - ie mock ones. Or > if you were trying to make a package that was compatible with similar > modules, you could have a 3rd party testing package, like a simple blog, > that uses the similar package in one mode, then your package in another. > > Imagine being able to do a *`npm run-scripts test --deep`*, and then see > each and every module complete a unit test before progressively walking up > the dependance tree making scenario tests along the way. It makes my > continuous integration senses salivate. > > What do you all think? Could someone could direct me to where/how npm / > node implements `require();`? Where should I start? > > Thanks in advance!! > > -- > 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 nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > 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 nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
