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Paul van Brenk edited this page Dec 12, 2017 · 4 revisions

🎵Note: This documentation is outdated at this point, especially when using the Node tools in Visual Studio 2017. We're working on update docs, and will redirect you to those when they're ready.

NTVS can be extended to support additional test frameworks by implementing the discovery and execution logic using JavaScript.

In the following location: <VisualStudioFolder>\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Node.js Tools for Visual Studio\1.0\TestFrameworks

You'll see folders for ExportRunner and Mocha.

Under each folder, a JavaScript file named after the folder contains 2 exported functions:

  • find_tests
  • run_tests

See the implementation of ExportRunner and Mocha for examples of find_tests and run_tests implementations.

Notes:

  • The name of the folder must match the name of the .js file.
  • Discovery of test frameworks happens at VS start. If a framework is added while VS is running, VS must be restarted for detection to occur.
  • Be sure to set the TestFramework property on your test file(s) to match the name of the subfolder under TestFrameworks.

If you implement support for other test frameworks and wish to contribute them, we gladly accept pull requests.

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