atom-mocha package

Me: atom-mocha is a plugin for running tests with mocha, from atom.

You: I kinda' figured that out, thx Captain Obvious.

Me: But how you ask?!?!?!

You: No I didn't.

Me: Good questions.

Here's a nice gif of how it works.

Me: What cool tech is in here, I hear you ask?!?!

You: ehm..

Me: My my, what a curious fellow you seem to be?!

This plugin is written a bit differently then others, I like to think. Sure the main entry point has to be made with Atom's API. But everything else is React + Redux.

A nice benefit of using benefit of using Redux is that it need immutability. So all state in this package is immutable and changes atomically (see what I did there 😛 )

Another different thing from other atom mocha plugins (at least that I've noticed) is that atom-mocha does not even try to use 'your' local version of mocha. It bundles it in. Although this might change in the future.

You see the problem with using a local version of mocha is that atom-mocha might not work as expected, and there would be no way to assure it does. By bundling the a version of mocha with this package atom-mocha can ensure that it can run properly.

Features

You: Ok ok... that's all well and good but can you tell what this thing can do?

Me: Ofc. Here's a small list a features.

• Can run tests from just about anywhere
  • context menu on .js files (Run Test)
  • context menu on folder (Run Tests)
  • ALT + SHIFT + T (Run Test - Current File)
  • CTRL + SHIFT + R (Re-run last test)
• Navigate to source from stack trace (click on the trace item)
• Tree view of tests
• Nice little stats view (in the top right corner) with elapsed time and number of passed/failed/pending tests

Installation

You: hmm, not bad. But how do I install it?

Me: Glad you asked.

For now installation is a bit trickier then regular packages, since its not published.

cd git clone https://github.com/boogie666/atom-mocha.git cd atom-mocha apm install

And you should be good.

Me: I hope to get the package published soon, just as soon as I figure out how 😃

It's the regular way now 😃

Contributing

You: Can I help?

Me: Sure.

Fork and submit pull requests. I'd be more then happy to have people contribute to this nifty little tool i've been working on 😃