QA Tests and Continuous Integration

Simple QA/Tests for Continuous Integration

Mocha and Supertest

We have implemented a couple of very simple tests relying on mocha in order to start continuous integration.

Travis-CI

Continuous integration for nodejs with Travis-CI is documented.

Note: for our records, the equivalent of Travis-CI in the .NET world would be AppVeyor

First, sign up to Travis-CI with your GitHub account and enable the repository you need to track for continuous integration. If organization repositories are not listed, go to the organization members list and make your membership public.

Second, add a text file named .travis.yml at the root of the repository with the following content:

language: node_js
node_js:
  - "0.11"
  - "0.10"
services:
  - mongodb

Third, make sure you have a test command by calling npm test in a terminal session. This actually refers to the scripts object in package.json:

"scripts": {
    "start": "node server.js",
    "test": "mocha"
  },

Finally, all npm package modules need to be installed locally. If you have installed mocha globally to benefit from the command line, you need to duplicate it locally in package.json so as to be installed by Travis-CI using npm install:

"devDependencies": {
    "mocha": "^1.18.2",
    "supertest": "^0.12.1"
},

Advanced QA/Tests and Code Coverage

###Functional (UI) Testing

• OpenSauce (from SauceLab) based on Selenium
• BrowserStack, also based on Selenium
• CodeSwarm (formerly BrowserSwarm)
• http://www.modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools#downloads