Blog ≫ 2013 ≫ Vows skeleton test generator

I'm using vows at work to test our nodejs 1 and I keep finding myself writing the same repetitive tests when I create a new method, to test that bad input won't bring the whole system down. So I automated it!

Now I run

[node](/wiki/#nodejs) 1 skelgen.[js](/wiki/#javascript) 2 input-file.[js](/wiki/#javascript) 2 > test-file.[js](/wiki/#javascript) 2

and my test file is created for me. I've just updated this today so that skelgen.js 2 tests itself (and yes it does pass)

[node](/wiki/#nodejs) 1 skelgen.[js](/wiki/#javascript) 2 input-file.[js](/wiki/#javascript) 2 | [node](/wiki/#nodejs) 1

More details (though not many more, it is very simple) on the repo.

  1. Javascript (programming language of the web) on the server side.
  2. Programming language of the web, mostly how I make my living.

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Paulʼs weblog - I live in Hythe near Folkestone, Kent. Wed + father to two, I'm a full stack web engineer, + I do js / node, some ruby, other languages etc. I like pubbing, parkrun, eating, home-automation and other diy stuff, history, tree stuff, telly, squirrels, pirates ☠️, lego, + TIME TRAVEL.