@paulvollmer/testtable

testtable.js

Module to write data driven tests.

Usage

const TestTable = require('testtable');

describe('Sample test', () => {

  // create an array with input and expected data
  const testData = [
    { input: 'hello foo', expected: 'hello world', skip: true },
    { input: 'hello bar', expected: 'hello world' },
  ];

  // run all tests defined at the testData array
  new TestTable(testData).run((index, data) => {
    test(`${index} should ...`, () => {
      expect(index).toBe(1);
      expect(data.input).toBe('hello bar');
      expect(data.expected).toBe('hello world');
    })
  });

});

Test data

Sample test data object

{
  input: 'hello foo',
  expected: 'hello bar',
  only: true
}

input

The input property can be used to define the test data.

expected

The expected property set the data used to write code to check if x expect to be equal to y

only

The only property can be used to only run a specific item from the test data

skip

The skip property can be used to skip the execution of a test item