diff --git a/docs/recipes/browser-testing.md b/docs/recipes/browser-testing.md index 9993b8df7..edad125b6 100644 --- a/docs/recipes/browser-testing.md +++ b/docs/recipes/browser-testing.md @@ -1,82 +1,42 @@ # Setting up AVA for browser testing -Translations: [Español](https://github.com/avajs/ava-docs/blob/main/es_ES/docs/recipes/browser-testing.md), [Français](https://github.com/avajs/ava-docs/blob/main/fr_FR/docs/recipes/browser-testing.md), [Italiano](https://github.com/avajs/ava-docs/blob/main/it_IT/docs/recipes/browser-testing.md), [Русский](https://github.com/avajs/ava-docs/blob/main/ru_RU/docs/recipes/browser-testing.md), [简体中文](https://github.com/avajs/ava-docs/blob/main/zh_CN/docs/recipes/browser-testing.md) +AVA is running in a __Node.js__ environment. JavaScript that runs in a browser will likely expect the browser DOM globals to be in place. +With help from a package called [jsdom](https://github.com/jsdom/jsdom), +you can write unit tests with `ava` also for JavaScript that will run in a browser +and relying on browser specific globals such as `window`, `document` and `navigator`. -AVA does not support running tests in browsers [yet](https://github.com/avajs/ava/issues/24). However JavaScript libraries that require browser specific globals (`window`, `document`, `navigator`, etc) can still be tested with AVA by mocking these globals. +## Install jsdom -This recipe works for any library that needs a mocked browser environment. - -## Install browser-env - -> **❗️ Important note** -> ->`browser-env` adds properties from the `jsdom` window namespace to the Node.js global namespace. This is explicitly [recommended against](https://github.com/tmpvar/jsdom/wiki/Don't-stuff-jsdom-globals-onto-the-Node-global) by `jsdom`. Please read through the linked wiki page and make sure you understand the caveats. If you don't have lots of dependencies that also require a browser environment then [`window`](https://github.com/lukechilds/window#universal-testing-pattern) may be a better solution. - -Install [browser-env](https://github.com/lukechilds/browser-env). - -> Simulates a global browser environment using jsdom. - -``` -$ npm install --save-dev browser-env +```bash +npm install --save-dev jsdom ``` -## Setup browser-env - -Create a helper file, prefixed with an underscore. This ensures AVA does not treat it as a test. +## Writing unit tests -`test/_setup-browser-env.js`: +Use `jsdom` to set the globals and the DOM elements that the test target is expecting. -```js -import browserEnv from 'browser-env'; -browserEnv(); -``` -By default, `browser-env` will add all global browser variables to the Node.js global scope, creating a full browser environment. This should have good compatibility with most front-end libraries, however, it's generally not a good idea to create lots of global variables if you don't need to. If you know exactly which browser globals you need, you can pass an array of them. +### An example Unit Test +The JavaScript code to be tested is doing a DOM query, such as: `document.querySelector('#my-element-id')`. -```js -import browserEnv from 'browser-env'; -browserEnv(['window', 'document', 'navigator']); -``` - -You can expose more global variables by assigning them to the `global` object. For instance, jQuery is typically available through the `$` variable: - -```js -import browserEnv from 'browser-env'; -import jQuery from 'jquery'; - -browserEnv(); -global.$ = jQuery(window); -``` - -## Configure tests to use browser-env - -Configure AVA to `require` the helper before every test file. - -**`package.json`:** - -```json -{ - "ava": { - "require": [ - "./test/_setup-browser-env.js" - ] - } -} -``` - -## Enjoy! - -Write your tests and enjoy a mocked browser environment. - -`test.js`: +To make the code testable with `ava`, add the element to `jsdom` and set the global object. ```js import test from 'ava'; +import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom'; -test('Insert to DOM', t => { - const div = document.createElement('div'); - document.body.appendChild(div); +test.before(() => { + const dom = new JSDOM('
'); // insert any html needed for the unit test suite here + global.document = dom.window.document; // add the globals needed for the unit tests in this suite. +}); + +test('this is an example', (t) => { + const res = myTarget.runFunctionThatExpectsTheDocumentGlobalAndElement(); - t.is(document.querySelector('div'), div); + t.truthy(res); }); ``` + +## Important note +In general, adding globals to the `Node.js` environment is [recommended against](https://github.com/jsdom/jsdom/wiki/Don't-stuff-jsdom-globals-onto-the-Node-global) by `jsdom`. +Please read through the linked wiki page and make sure you understand why.