consistent-spacing-between-blocks.md

Require consistent spacing between blocks (mocha/consistent-spacing-between-blocks)

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Mocha testing framework provides a structured way of writing tests using functions like describe, it, before, after, beforeEach, and afterEach. As a convention, it is very common to add some spacing between these calls. It's unfortunately also quite common that this spacing is applied inconsistently.

Example:

describe("MyComponent", function () {
    beforeEach(function () {
        // setup code
    });
    it("should behave correctly", function () {
        // test code
    });
    afterEach(function () {
        // teardown code
    });
});

In this example, there are no line breaks between Mocha function calls, making the code harder to read.

Rule Details

This rule enforces a line break between calls to Mocha functions (before, after, describe, it, beforeEach, afterEach) within describe blocks.

The following patterns are considered errors:

describe("MyComponent", function () {
    beforeEach(function () {
        // setup code
    });
    it("should behave correctly", function () {
        // test code
    });
});

These patterns would not be considered errors:

describe("MyComponent", function () {
    beforeEach(function () {
        // setup code
    });

    it("should behave correctly", function () {
        // test code
    });

    afterEach(function () {
        // teardown code
    });
});

When Not To Use It

If you don't prefer this convention.