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Dependency	ava
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Release Notes

0.18.2

Many bug fixes for snapshot testing, magic assert, and the type definitions: v0.18.1...v0.18.2

Commits

The new version differs by 91 commits .

• 98dded5 0.18.2
• 7cba283 Speed up flow check (#1241)
• d47c5c8 Document that deepEqual() uses lodash.isequal
• 2ff56ce Don't call toJSON() when formatting values
• 795f097 @ava/pretty-format@^1.1.0
• 9cea60d Ensure test run failures crash worker (#1265)
• f3b60f4 Code excerpt fixes (#1271)
• 8d6f9bc Fix typo in babelrc docs
• 3d75834 Remove Notes section from babelrc documentation
• 4f87059 Ensure watcher rethrows logger errors
• da68f29 Simplify failure output - fixes #1072 (#1234)
• 2c683b9 Clean up API tests (#1258)
• 8a8669c Generate HTML coverage reports (#1259)
• 87ea70f Ensure TAP reporter test does not write to stderr (#1240)
• 09a4765 Avoid helper compilation during API tests

There are 91 commits in total. See the full diff.

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Version 0.19.0 just got published.

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Release Notes

0.19.0

Since our last minor release, @novemberborn has worked tirelessly on refactoring big parts of the codebase to be more correct and readable, while squashing many bugs. We've also added multiple detections that will prevent user mistakes.

Highlights

Working snapshots

We released snapshot support with v0.18.0, but unfortunately it didn’t work. That’s fixed now. Since we’re using jest-snapshot the output will look a little different from AVA’s other assertions. Most notably the output will not be colored.

57fd051

Tests fail if no assertions are run (BREAKING)

Sometimes you write a test that accidentally passes, because your assertion was never run. For example, the following test passes if getAnimals() returns an empty array:

test('unicorn', t => {
  for (const animal of getAnimals()) {
    t.is(animal, 'unicorn');
  }
});

AVA now fails your test if no assertions were run. This can be a problem if you use third-party assertion libraries, since AVA cannot detect when those assertions pass. You can disable this behavior by setting the failWithoutAssertions option to false in AVA's package.json configuration.

3a4553c

Improved t.throws() and t.notThrows() assertions (BREAKING)

Various improvements have been made to these assertions. Unfortunately this does include some breaking changes.

Calling these assertions with an observable or promise makes them asynchronous. You now need to await them:

const promise = Promise.reject(new TypeError('🦄'));
test('rejects', async t => {

await t.throws(promise);

});

Previously, these would return a promise that was rejected if the assertion failed. This leaked AVA’s internal assertion error. Now they’ll fulfill their returned promise with undefined instead (d56db75). You typically won’t notice this in your test.

We’ve improved how we detect when t.throws() and t.notThrows() are used incorrectly (d924045). This might be when, rather than passing a function, you call it:

test('throws', t => {
  t.throws(throwingFunction());
});

You can now use await and yield in the argument expressions (e.g. t.throws(await createThrowingFunction()). The instructions on how to use these assertions correctly are now shown with the test failure, instead of being written to the console as your tests run.

Incorrectly using these assertions now always causes your test to fail.

Stack traces are now correct, even if used asynchronously (f6a42ba). The error messages have been improved for when t.throws() fails to encounter an error, or if t.notThrows() does (4463f38). If t.notThrows() fails, the encountered error is shown (22c93ed).

Improved magic assert output

Actual and/or expected values are now included in the magic assert output, with helpful labels that are relevant to the failing assertion.

4f87f32

Detect hanging tests

AVA can now detect when an asynchronous test is hanging (880e87e).

Note that this may not work if your code is listening on a socket or is using a timer or interval.

Better Babel option resolution

We’re now resolving Babel options ahead of time, using hullabaloo-config-manager. This fixes long-standing issues with relative paths in AVA’s "babel" options in package.json files (#707). It also means we’re better at recompiling test and helper files if your Babel config changes or you update plugins or presets.

0464b14

Miscellaneous

• There is a new recipe for precompiling source files with webpack. a49f66b
• You can now type the test context when using TypeScript. 50ad213
• The color of text diff output has been fixed. 9f2ff09
• Text diffs are now faster. bd5ed60
• Values are no longer highlighted if colors are disabled. b581983
• AVA no longer crashes if tests fail with non-errors. 157ef25
• YAML blocks in the TAP output have been improved. 3279336
• We’re now printing assertion statements with less depth. 0510d80
• Arguments to t.regex() and t.notRegex() are now validated. f062981

All changes

v0.18.2…v0.19.0

Thanks

💖 Huge thanks to @Wp1987, @lukechilds, @jakwuh, @danny-andrews, @mmkal, @yatharthk, @klauscfhq, @screendriver, @jhnns, @danez and @florianb for helping us with this release. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Get involved

We welcome new contributors. AVA is a friendly place to get started in open source. We have a great article on getting started contributing and a comprehensive contributing guide.

Commits

The new version differs by 65 commits .

• 8f80ed1 0.19.0
• 054d39b Fix get-port usage
• affbb45 Fail tests that finish with pending assertions
• 2e48970 Remove unnecessary test to verify throws/notThrows return promises
• d2a294d Reword error message for when assertions are used after test has finished
• ecdadfa Improve Babel recipe (#1290)
• 146c3e2 Set default color config based on supports-color
• 2283247 Document --color CLI flag
• b581983 Don't highlight formatted values with --no-color
• 941c42e Bump hullabaloo-config-manager
• 57fd051 Make snapshots usable again
• 48b892a Refactor Runner
• f23c17d Remove mention of stage-2 in readme (#1325)
• d924045 Integrate with improved throws helper
• 5e7ea9a Print error message before formatted assertion

There are 65 commits in total. See the full diff.

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Version 0.19.1 just got published.

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Release Notes

0.19.1

A bugfix release. See 0.19.0 for full release notes.

• Prevent MaxListenersExceededWarning from being emitted if a test file contains more than 10 tests d27bc8f
• Fix t.end() not being available in the TypeScript definition for callback tests bd81ef4
• Fix t.context not being available in the Flow definition for beforeEach() and afterEach() hooks d169f0e

Commits

The new version differs by 5 commits .

• 4cc3403 0.19.1
• d169f0e Fix context for beforeEach and afterEach hooks in Flow type definition file (#1344)
• bd81ef4 Fix TypeScript definition for callback tests
• 6224f31 Set up regression testing for TypeScript
• d27bc8f Avoid MaxListenersExceededWarning in Sequence

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Version 0.20.0 just got published.

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Release Notes

0.20.0

Today’s release is very exciting. After adding magic assert and snapshot testing we found that these features sometimes disagreed with each other. t.deepEqual() would return false, yet AVA wouldn’t show a diff. Snapshot tests cared about Set order but t.deepEqual() didn’t. @novemberborn came to the realization that comparing and diffing object trees, and doing so over time with snapshots, are variations on the same problem. Thus he started ConcordanceJS, a new project that lets you compare, format, diff and serialize any JavaScript value. This AVA release reaps the fruits of his labor.

Highlights

More magical asserts

Magic assert will now always show the difference between actual and expected values. If an unexpected error occurs it’ll print all (enumerable) properties of the error which can make it easier to debug your program.

More details of an object are printed, like the constructor name and the string tag. Buffers are hex-encoded with line breaks so they’re easy to read:

t.deepEqual() improvements

t.deepEqual() and t.notDeepEqual() now use concordance, rather than lodash.isequal. This changes what values AVA considers to be equal, making the t.deepEqual() assertion more predictable. You can now trust that all aspects of your objects are compared.

Object wrappers are no longer equal. The following assertion will now fail:

t.deepEqual(Object(1), 1); // fails

For Map and Set objects to be equal, their elements must now be in the same order:

const actual = new Set(['hello', 'world']);
t.deepEqual(actual, new Set(['hello', 'world'])); // passes
t.deepEqual(actual, new Set(['world', 'hello']) // fails

With this release AVA will compare all enumerable properties of an object. For an array this means that the comparison considers not just the array elements. The following are no longer considered equal:

const actual = [1, 2, 3];
const expected = [1, 2, 3];
expected.also = 'a property';
t.deepEqual(actual, expected); // fails

The same goes for Map and Set objects, errors, and so forth:

const actual = new TypeError('Bad value');
const expected = new TypeError('Bad value');
expected.value = 41;
t.deepEqual(actual, expected); // fails

You used to be able to compare Arguments object to an object literal:

const args = (function() { return arguments; })('hello', 'world');
t.deepEqual(args, {0: 'hello', 1: 'world'}); // now fails

Instead you must now use:

const args = (function() { return arguments; })('hello', 'world');
t.deepEqual(args, ['hello', 'world']); // passes

(Of course you can still compare Arguments objects to each other.)

New in this release is the ability to compare React elements:

t.deepEqual(<HelloWorld/>, <HelloWorld/>);
const renderer = require('react-test-renderer');

t.deepEqual(renderer.create(<HelloWorld/>).toJSON(), <h1>Hello World</h1>);

Snapshot improvements

Snapshots too now use concordance. This means values are compared with the snapshot according to the same rules as t.deepEqual(), albeit with some minor differences:

• Argument objects can only be compared to Argument objects
• Functions are compared by name and other enumerable properties
• Promises are compared by their constructor and additional enumerable properties
• Symbols are compared by their string serialization. Registered and well-known symbols will never equal symbols with similar descriptions

Note that Node.js versions before 6.5 cannot infer names of all functions . AVA will pass a snapshot assertion if it determines the name information is unreliable.

AVA now saves two files when snapshotting. One, ending in the .snap extension, contains a compressed serialization of the expected value. The other is a readable Markdown file that contains the snapshot report. You should commit both to source control. The report file can be used to see what is in your snapshots and to compare snapshot changes over time.

Try it out with our snapshot example! Or check out an example snapshot report.

The snapshot file location now follows your test layout. If you use a test folder, they’ll be placed in test/snapshots. With __tests__ they’ll be placed in __tests__/__snapshots__. And if you just have a test.js in your project root the snapshot files will be written to test.js.snap and test.js.md. You may have to manually remove old snapshot files after installing this new AVA version. ebd572a

Improved snapshot support in watch mode

In watch mode, AVA now watches for changes to snapshot files. This is handy when you revert changes while the watcher is running. Snapshot files are correctly tracked as test dependencies, so the right tests are rerun. Typing u, followed by Enter updates the snapshots in the tests that just ran. (And the watcher won’t rerun tests when snapshots are updated.) 87eef84 dbc78dc f507e36 50b60a1

Node.js 8 support

AVA 0.19 already worked great with Node.js 8, and we’ve made it even better by removing unnecessary Babel transpilations in our stage-4 preset. We’re now also forwarding the --inspect-brk flag for debugging purposes. e456951 a868b02

New and improved recipes

We’ve added new recipes and improved others:

• Learn how to debug tests with Visual Studio Code 1d04153 140c0e0
• Test MongoDB integrations with per-test isolation 970872c
• Using AVA with Vue.js ff3bba9
• There’s several ways of using webpack to precompile tests and sources. We’ve broken down the pros and cons f228401
• We’ve added a note to the browser testing recipe, discouraging the use of browser-env c01ac05

Miscellaneous

• Specifying --concurrency without a value now causes AVA to exit with an error 8c35a1a
• Using t.throws() with a resolved promise now prints a helpful error message dfca2d9
• The t.title accessor has been documented. 549e99b

All changes

v0.19.1...v0.20.0

Thanks

💖 Huge thanks to @lukechilds, @alexrussell, @zs-zs, @cncolder, @JPeer264, @CImrie, @blake-newman, @yatharthk, @bfred-it, @tdeschryver, @sudo-suhas, @dohomi, @efegurkan and @forresst for helping us with this release. We couldn’t have done it without you!

Get involved

We welcome new contributors. AVA is a friendly place to get started in open source. We have a great article on getting started contributing and a comprehensive contributing guide.

Commits

The new version differs by 63 commits.

• 854203a 0.20.0
• 652705b Add more screenshot fixtures
• 9d3b1ba Deep update of XO and its dependencies
• 8d09ba5 Link to ava-snapshot-example
• 2360256 Redo all of the screenshots
• 589489d Meta tweaks
• f507e36 Add command for updating snapshots in watch mode (#1413)
• 87eef84 Automatically watch for snapshot changes
• a141033 concordance@2
• f62c137 Update readme
• 0e82f8f Add integration test for appending to an existing snapshot file
• ebd572a Determine snapshot directory by where the test is located
• dbc78dc Treat loaded snapshot files as test dependencies
• 50b60a1 Track snapshot files touched during test run, ignore in watcher
• 6d3c279 Include dirty sources in watcher debug output

There are 63 commits in total.

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