Basic Jasmine

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Jasmine main terms

  • Global method (Setup and Teardown (method))
  • describe (method)
  • it (method)
  • expect (expectation)

Describe

‘describe’ is a function or method . It has two parameters: a string and a function . The string is a name or title for a spec suite - usually what is being tested. The function is a block of code that implements the suite.

describe('Describe about your test', () => {
  ...
});

it

it is also a function or method . It has two parameters: a string and a function

describe('Describe about your test', () => {
  it('Your specefic test', () => {
    ...
  });
  it('Your specefic test two', () => {
    ...
  });
})

expect

expect or Expectations that mean your testing process what you expect.

see details

  • matcher
describe('Describe about your test', () => {
  it('Your specefic test', () => {
    expect(true).toBe(true);
  });
})

Setup and Teardown

Global method

  • beforeEach
  • afterEach
  • beforeAll
  • afterAll
describe('Describe about your test', () => {
  afterAll(() => {
    ...
  });
  beforeAll(() => {
    ...
  });
  afterEach(() => {
    ...
  });
  beforeEach(() => {
    ...
  });
  it('Your specefic test', () => {
    expect(true).toBe(true);
  });
})

cheatsheet

node.js, testing, unit testing, jasmine