Adding 'before', 'after', 'beforeEach', 'afterEach', functions to the Test Runner

[yaircohendev]

What is the problem this feature will solve?

Ability to write preparation and cleanup code

What is the feature you are proposing to solve the problem?

Hey,

I'd like to work on adding before, after, beforeEach, afterEach functions to the test runner.
@benjamingr
@cjihrig

What alternatives have you considered?

No response

[benjamingr]

Yay 🔥

[MoLow]

Hi @yaircohendev where does this stand?

[yaircohendev]

Hey @MoLow I wrote the initial code for this but having problems with debugging locally, any chance to setup a quick call about this?
Sorry for late response btw, was not getting notifications and only saw this now.

[MoLow]

Hey @MoLow I wrote the initial code for this but having problems with debugging locally, any chance to setup a quick call about this? Sorry for late response btw, was not getting notifications and only saw this now.

Sure I assume we are both in Israel so we can work on this together. Ping me

[salihguru]

right now i'm doing it like this

"use-strict";
const assert = require("node:assert");
const test = require("node:test");
const { server, app } = require("./app.js");

test("HTTP e2e Stack Testing", async (t) => {

  // beforeAll
  await t.test("create connection before tests", async () => {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      server.onServerStarted(() => {
        resolve();
      });
      app.start();
    });
  });

  // my tests here
  t.test("any testing", () => {
      assert.strickEqual(1, 1)
  })

  // afterAll
  server.instance.close();
});

[salihguru]

But this works in single file. If I use a common source from 2 different files beforeAll doesn't work probably because nodejs runs the files on the fly. They do not wait for each other. Therefore, a global beforeAll and afterAll methods must be provided. Unfortunately, this is a mandatory requirement for memory db connections and http server installations.