Search icon CANCEL
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Your Cart (0 item)
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Save more on your purchases now! discount-offer-chevron-icon
Savings automatically calculated. No voucher code required.
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Node Cookbook

You're reading from   Node Cookbook Discover solutions, techniques, and best practices for server-side web development with Node.js 14

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838558758
Length 512 pages
Edition 4th Edition
Languages
Tools
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
Bethany Griggs Bethany Griggs
Author Profile Icon Bethany Griggs
Bethany Griggs
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Introducing Node.js 14 2. Chapter 2: Handling I/O FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Streams, Streams, Streams 4. Chapter 4: Using Web Protocols 5. Chapter 5: Developing Node.js modules 6. Chapter 6: Exploring Node.js web Frameworks 7. Chapter 7: Working with Databases 8. Chapter 8: Testing with Node.js 9. Chapter 9: Securing Node.js Applications 10. Chapter 10: Performance Optimization 11. Chapter 11: Deploying Node.js Microservices 12. Chapter 12: Debugging Node.js 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Testing with Mocha

Mocha is a popular open source JavaScript test framework for both Node.js and the browser. Mocha comes with many features.

In this recipe, we're going to write test cases using Mocha for a simple calculator program.

Getting ready

  1. Let's first create a directory to work in and initialize our project directory:
    $ mkdir testing-with-mocha
    $ cd testing-with-mocha
    $ npm init --yes
  2. We need to have a program that we can test. We'll create a small calculator program that we can use to learn how to unit test with Mocha. Create a file named calculator.js:
    $ touch calculator.js
  3. Now, we can add the following to calculator.js for our calculator program:
    module.exports.add = (number1, number2) => {
        return number1 + number2;
    };
    module.exports.subtract = (number1, number2) => {
        return number1 - number2;
    };
    module.exports.multiply = (number1, number2) => {
        return number1...
lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at €18.99/month. Cancel anytime