There's no way to execute something (like DB population) before and after each test

[vowsjs]

There's no way to execute something (like DB population) before and after each test

[juniorplenty]

+1

[jeden]

+1

[cronopio]

The next() method can give you some kind of flow control.
For tasks before run the tests like load, configure an run some server or prepopulate the database you can do something like:

var async = require('async');

function seedDatabase () {
  return {
    "Setting up the tests": {
      "seeding the database": {
        topic: function () {
          async.series([
            function destroy () {
              // With your favorite dabatase client drop the database
            },
            function create () {
              // Create the database with the respective name
            },
            function seed () {
              // Insert the docs necessary for run the tests, dumb data.
              // Here you can use external data from json or whatever.
            }
          ], this.callback);
        },
        "should seed the database": function (err) {
          assert.isNull(err);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
// Off course the use of async is optional.

You can do a similar thing for others hooks like after, before and just use addBatch method for added to the test suite.

suite.discuss('.....').use('localhost'. 3001)
  .addBatch(seedDatabase())  // NOTE here the use of the function.
  // You can do the same for others hooks
  .addBatch(setupTheApp())
  .addBatch(beforeGet())
  .get('/').expect(....)
  .addBatch(afterGet())
  .next()
  .addBatch(beforePost())
  .post('/').expect(....)
  .addBatch(afterPost())
  .next()
  .addBatch(tearDown())
  .export(module);

I Hope helps.

[mmalecki]

@cronopio explained it quite well. Closing.