side effect of nodejs result in failure of invoking tests.

[nobody4t]

when I try to test my plugin, I need compose some object like:
var config = {name:'john', sex:'male'}
or
var path = require("path")

These two will get side effects. But at this time, the following tests will not be executed.

Is this a bug or I missed anything?

[janpio]

What does "will get side effects" mean?

[nobody4t]

var config = {name:'john', sex:'male'}
will not only set the object to config, but also will give out the result {name:'john', sex:'male'}

[janpio]

Sorry, I have no idea what you are talking about.

[nobody4t]

I tried this on terminal. As I tested, this kind of line will impact the test file.
you can reproduce this with a very simple test case.

[erisu]

What you are seeing, in the Node.js console or even in Chrome Developer Tools, is the default behavior.
Think of these lines as a feedback line. When executing a JS file with node, these feedback lines are not displayed.

$ node
> var config = {name:'john', sex:'male'};
undefined
> config;
{ name: 'john', sex: 'male' }
>

[nobody4t]

yes, it is not displayed but it does exist.
And it did block the later tests.

@janpio any comments? Or I missed something.

[janpio]

This doesn't make any sense. What you describe is absolutely normal. Of course if you set config, later config has another value. But that is everythign that happens.

[nobody4t]

I may find the trick. When I try to require this module in the test file, it is not loaded properly.

[nobody4t]

Actually it can not require other modules as well. Not sure if I missed something.

[janpio]

Still no real idea what you are talking about. Please post some code or a GitHub repo so we can try to understand what you are doing and what is going wrong and how.

[nobody4t]

Sorry for the confuse. I do not upload the repo to github. I will ask if I can do this then. This now is only internal use.

I have been stuck here for long.
I want to test my plugin which needs read a config file. When I try to require path, the test will not be not invoked at all. As I tested a lot, finally I found it is the issue of require.

As usual, my script resides in myplugin/www/ and I try to add a package.json file in which I specified the module. But not with any luck. you can find the difference between the following path:
mytest/plugins/cordova-plugin-indysdk/www/: under this path, I got all the module installed in node_modules.
mytest/platforms/ios/www/plugins/cordova-plugin-indysdk/www/ : but under this, I only got my script with no module installed. But code under this path will be executed, right?

Did I miss anything?

[janpio]

Does your plugin work in a demo app?
What does it require? How exactly? Is is using a path for that? Which one?

What kind of tests did you write? Where? What do they look like?

[nobody4t]

1. My test is used to test the functionality of the plugin code. But test code can not run now.
2. I try to path = require("path"). But it will fail all the code.

Is is using a path for that? Which one?

3. what do you mean?
4. I wrote auto test case. By where, I suppose you want to know the repos of the code. But I can not share that now. I will have to ask permission. I have stated the point above. Am I understood?

[janpio]

I don't want to look at your repository, that is out of scope of what I offer for free here on GitHub issues ;)

But I asked a few questions, and if you answer those I might be able to help you a bit. Please answer exactly the questions I asked, each and every one. Best quote the question you are answering before typing your response.

[nobody4t]

Does your plugin work in a demo app?

I try to prove it with my test code. That's what I do now.

What does it require?

I try to require a module as people do in the normal nodejs code like: `var path = require("path")'

How exactly?

Is is using a path for that? Which one?

Not from a path. I want to import the module which should be local nodejs module I installed with npm install'. And the name of the path is path.

What kind of tests did you write? Where?
I try to write an auto test case in the tests/ of my plugin

What do they look like?

it looks like exports.defineAutoTests=function(){}

[janpio]

I try to prove it with my test code. That's what I do now.

Does it work if you manually use it in a test app?

[nobody4t]

I try to prove it with my test code. That's what I do now.

Does it work if you manually use it in a test app?

No, the test code will need to read a config file but i can not get the path module.
Actually this is the first step of debugging my code. But I can not step forward now.

[janpio]

No, the test code will need to read a config file but i can not get the path module.

Because of this, I am asking if a test app, a Cordova app you created locally and added this plugin manually, works instead of the tests you are writing.

[nobody4t]

No. I have not written the front end code. I am not good at it. I
just want to see if the code could work. So the test code for me is
the easiest way. Anyway to run code, the config will be necessary.