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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