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NODEUNIT(1) NODEUNIT(1)

NAME

nodeunit -- simple node.js unit testing tool

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

Nodeunit is a simple unit testing tool based on the node.js assert module.

  • Simple to use
  • Just export the tests from a module
  • Helps you avoid common pitfalls when testing asynchronous code
  • Easy to add test cases with setUp and tearDown functions if you wish
  • Allows the use of mocks and stubs

OPTIONS


--config FILE:
Load config options from a JSON file, allows the customisation
of color schemes for the default test reporter etc.
See bin/nodeunit.json for current available options.


--reporter FILE:
You can set the test reporter to a custom module or on of the modules
in nodeunit/lib/reporters, when omitted, the default test runner is used.


--list-reporters:
List available build-in reporters.


-h, --help:
Display the help and exit.


-v, --version:
Output version information and exit.


<file-or-directory>:
You can run nodeunit on specific files or on all *.js files inside
a directory.

AUTHORS

Written by Caolan McMahon and other nodeunit contributors.
Contributors list: http://github.com/caolan/nodeunit/contributors.

REPORTING BUGS

Report nodeunit bugs to http://github.com/caolan/nodeunit/issues.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2010 Caolan McMahon.
Nodeunit has been released under the MIT license:
http://github.com/caolan/nodeunit/raw/master/LICENSE.

SEE ALSO

node(1)

October 2010