In the last lesson, we wrote a very basic test. In this lesson, we are going to look at how to run our tests.
What you'll learn
- Running all tests
- Running a single test
Running tests
Testing AdonisJS
35mins
6 lessons
Beginner
Getting Started
7m 32s
We'll start by familiarizing ourselves with the concept of testing and then set up our AdonisJS application for testing using the Japa test runner.
What you'll learn
- What is testing
- Benefit of testing
- Set up the Japa test runner in an AdonisJS application
5m 41s
In the last lesson, we wrote a very basic test. In this lesson, we are going to look at how to run our tests.
What you'll learn
- Running all tests
- Running a single test
We have seen how to run tests, but there are times you'd prefer to have your tests running in watch mode. So whenever you make changes to a test file, the tests are rerun automatically. In this lesson, we'll cover how to achieve that using Nodemon.
What you'll learn
- How to run tests in watch mode using Nodemon
During testing, AdonisJS will look for a dedicated test environment file called .env.testing to fetch environment variables from. In this lesson, we create the file and take a closer look at it.
What you'll learn
- Use a dedicate test environment file
6m 49s
When building a non-trivial application, chances are we'll need to interact with a database in our tests. In this lesson, we are going to look at how to configure the Japa test runner to interact with a database. We'll be covering two ways to achieve that.
What you'll learn
- Configure Japa to interact with a database
- use a dedicate database for testing
- Run migrations programmatically
Tests
With all the setup out of the way, let's start writing actually tests for our application. In this lesson, we'll start with a unit test that will test the User model to ensure users' passwords are hashed when saved to the database.
What you'll learn
- What is a unit test
- What is a integration test
- Running migrations on a need-to basis
- Ensure each test starts on a clean slate
- Write your first AdonisJS test
Hi, I'm Chimezie Enyinnaya, your teacher.
I’m a self-taught software developer based in Lagos, Nigeria, with over 8 years of experience. In the last couple of years, I've been doing more teaching because I enjoy sharing my knowledge so that others can benefit from it. Come along as I teach you all I know about AdonisJS, Node.js, and JavaScript at large!
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