mocha-test-container-support

This Mocha plugin provides test hooks for Mocha that add a container for every test case. The plugin is inspired by jasmine-test-container-support by Nico Rehwaldt.

Install

npm install --save-dev mocha-test-container-support

Features

• Add one test container for every test to the DOM
• Allows checking the result of your test code visually while TDD
• Full title (suite + test) is displayed for every test case
• Test result is indicated by color and text
• Tests are marked with an anchor element for navigation purposes

Limits of the plugin

• No 'real' encapsulation of your tests
  • CSS / JS / DOM changes can still break other tests
  • Make sure tests use the test container as DOM root otherwise your DOM is not rendered in the container
  • Test is only rendered into a <div>, no <iframe> or shadow DOM

Usage

To get container support for all tests just add a test file to the test root containing the following:

var TestContainer = require('mocha-test-container-support');
var testContentContainer;

beforeEach(function() {
  testContentContainer = TestContainer.get(this);
});

The created test container will have this structure:

<div class="test-container passed" id="254">
  <div class="title-row">
    <a href="#254">
      <h3 class="test-titel">testsuite - feature should do</h3>
    </a>
    <div class="test-result">passed</div>
  </div>
  <div class="test-content-container">
    Your content will be added here.
  </div>
</div>

The get() function returns an instance of the test content container. That's where custom test related DOM content should be added.

var testContentContainer = TestContainer.get(this);

testContentContainer.appendChild(yourDomContent);

License

MIT

History

• v0.2.0 - Core Refactoring, bug fixes
• v0.1.0 - Changed API
  • Need to explicit call TestContainer.get(this) to create a container for the test
  • Use links based on test name
• v0.0.1 - Initial release, test container