jrsacks/jezebel

A REPL and continuous test runner for Node.js Jasmine tests

You shoudn’t use this. This (github.com/guard/guard-jasmine-headless-webkit) is a much better alternative.

Jezebel - a Node.js REPL and continuous test runner for Jasmine¶ ↑

If you’re writing tests using Node.js and Jasmine, Jezebel will help you get faster feedback. It runs your tests continuously (on each change to your code), and provides a shell (a.k.a REPL – Read, Evaluate, Print, Loop) that lets you interact with your project and your tests.

Installation¶ ↑

Stable version is available on npm, so you can install by using:

npm install jezebel --global

If you want to install the edge development version, simply clone this repo and install from it:

git clone git://github.com/benrady/jezebel.git
npm install ./jezebel

Using Jezebel¶ ↑

$ jezebel 
> ................................................................

Completed in 0.037 seconds
64 examples 

>

Jezebel runs all your tests when it starts, and every time a .js file in or under the current directory is changed. You can force a test run by calling the runTests() function from the REPL. Other functions will become available as jezebel improves.

Customization¶ ↑

Jezebel can be customized by creating a .jezebel file in the root of your project (where Jezebel is run from). This file is loaded as a module and any functions that it exports will be available in the REPL. By exporting a settings object you can configure the behavior of Jezebel, and attach hooks to events such as onChange, onPass, onFail. See github.com/benrady/jezebel/blob/master/.jezebel for an example of this configuration.

Jezebel “Plugins”¶ ↑

Additional modules can easily be added to Jezebel by requiring them in your .jezebel file. The jezebel/utils module is included with Jezebel, but any node.js package included in your load path can be used. You can either use these modules in your config file, or re-export them for use in the REPL.

Acknowledgement¶ ↑

Under the covers, Jezebel uses Jessie (github.com/futuresimple/jessie) to run tests.

Copyright¶ ↑

Copyright © 2011 Ben Rady. See LICENSE for details.