NODEUNIT(1)

💖 NODEUNIT(1) 💖

okay bestie, so like — nodeunit, section 1 of the manual. that's the vibe. let's go ✨

nodeunit — a simple node.js unit testing tool 🧚 no cap, that's literally it.

nodeunit [options] <file-or-directory> [<file-or-directory> ...]

so nodeunit is a simple unit testing tool built on top of the node.js assert module. that's the whole personality. 💅

here's the tea on why she's iconic:

Simple to use — like, you just run her. no 400-line config arc. 🙈
Just export the tests from a module — that's the whole setup. export and go. periodt.
Helps you avoid common pitfalls when testing asynchronous code — async testing chaos? not on her watch. 😭
Easy to add test cases with setUp and tearDown functions if you wish — want them? cool. don't want them? also cool. no pressure, bestie. 🫶
Allows the use of mocks and stubs — mocks and stubs are welcome here, always. 👑

--config FILE — loads config options from a JSON file 🍓. this is how you customize stuff like the color schemes for the default test reporter etc. for the currently available options, go peek at bin/nodeunit.json. iykyk.
--reporter FILE — set the test reporter to a custom module, or to one of the modules in nodeunit/lib/reporters 🌈. when you leave this out entirely, the default test runner is used.
--list-reporters — lists all the available built-in reporters 📋. window shopping, but for reporters.
-h, --help — displays the help and then exits 👋.
-v, --version — outputs version information and exits 💜.
<file-or-directory> — you can run nodeunit on specific files, or on all *.js files inside a directory 📁. your call, bestie.