Mocha & Chai

mocha --reporter spec

'use strict';

var expect = require('chai').expect; // chai is an assertion library

describe('A Test Template', function () {

    var somethingToPassBetweenHooksAndTests = 'something'

    // hooks

    before(function () {

        // runs before all tests in this block

        this.alsoSomthingToPassBetweenHooksAndTests = 'yet something'

    });

    after(function () {

        // runs after all tests in this block

    });

    beforeEach(function () {

        // runs before each test in this block

    });

    afterEach(function () {

        // runs after each test in this block

    });

    // test cases

    // using arrow function is discouraged

    // a synchronous test case

    it('should works this way...', function () {

        // do something with your module

        expect(somethingToPassBetweenHooksAndTests).to.equal('something');

        expect(this.alsoSomthingToPassBetweenHooksAndTests).to.equal('yet something');

    });

    // an asynchronous test case

    it('responds with matching records', async function () {

        // const users = await db.find({

        //     type: 'User'

        // });

        // users.should.have.length(3);

    });

});