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| author | Marcia Ramos <marcia@gitlab.com> | 2019-01-08 13:04:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Marcia Ramos <marcia@gitlab.com> | 2019-01-08 13:04:16 +0000 |
| commit | 8253a4300e79a581d4afa335af3280ac21b9df63 (patch) | |
| tree | 28cdc3b748a21fdbfb5caf1d5829a9c201706771 | |
| parent | a76f41d0d1ba18d14adcfd16dc25557129eca023 (diff) | |
| parent | 9787bdfd53f1d89be5e8d2277fbb9602415ddd0c (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'winh-run-frontend-tests-docs' into 'master'
Document how to run frontend tests
Closes #53757
See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!24202
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/development/new_fe_guide/development/testing.md | 12 |
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diff --git a/doc/development/new_fe_guide/development/testing.md b/doc/development/new_fe_guide/development/testing.md index 0d98180add0..e5cccae662f 100644 --- a/doc/development/new_fe_guide/development/testing.md +++ b/doc/development/new_fe_guide/development/testing.md @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ # Overview of Frontend Testing -Tests relevant for frontend development can be found at two places: +Tests relevant for frontend development can be found at the following places: -- `spec/javascripts/` which are run by Karma and contain +- `spec/javascripts/` which are run by Karma (command: `yarn karma`) and contain - [frontend unit tests](#frontend-unit-tests) - [frontend component tests](#frontend-component-tests) - [frontend integration tests](#frontend-integration-tests) -- `spec/frontend/` which are run by Jest and contain +- `spec/frontend/` which are run by Jest (command: `yarn jest`) and contain - [frontend unit tests](#frontend-unit-tests) - [frontend component tests](#frontend-component-tests) - [frontend integration tests](#frontend-integration-tests) - `spec/features/` which are run by RSpec and contain - [feature tests](#feature-tests) -All tests in `spec/javascripts/` will eventually be migrated to `spec/frontend/` (see also [#53757]). +All tests in `spec/javascripts/` will eventually be migrated to `spec/frontend/` (see also [#52483](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/52483)). In addition there were feature tests in `features/` run by Spinach in the past. These have been removed from our codebase in May 2018 ([#23036](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/23036)). @@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ See also: - [old testing guide](../../testing_guide/frontend_testing.html) - [notes on testing Vue components](../../fe_guide/vue.html#testing-vue-components) -[#53757]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/53757 - ## Frontend unit tests Unit tests are on the lowest abstraction level and typically test functionality that is not directly perceivable by a user. @@ -246,6 +244,8 @@ Their abstraction level is comparable to how a user would interact with the UI. In contrast to [frontend integration tests](#frontend-integration-tests), feature tests make requests against the real backend instead of using fixtures. This also implies that database queries are executed which makes this category significantly slower. +See also the [RSpec testing guidelines](../../testing_guide/best_practices.md#rspec). + ### When to use feature tests - use cases that require a backend and cannot be tested using fixtures |