testing.md

Running specs

Running bin/test will run ruby tests (rspec) and then the js tests (mocha) if all the rspec tests pass

To run front end tests and back end tests individually:

• Vue.js front end tests: yarn test or yarn test -w (mocha and chai are included in the package.json )
• Rails front end and back end tests: bin/rspec (rspec is included in the Gemfile)

Note that we currently rely on seeding in some of our backend specs, so before running rspec, first seed the test database:

bin/rake db:seed RAILS_ENV=test

Request specs

When writing rspec tests within the spec/request directory, you can use Warden::Test:Helpers which give you access to the login_as(user, :scope => :user) method, as well as the logout method. You use FactoryBot.create(:user) before the login_as method and pass it in as the required resource variable.

BE SURE to include the line after { Warden.test_reset! } after the before do block with the login_as method within it. This prevents unexpected state data of the user from hanging around and causing errors.

Test app on heroku

We have a heroku install for testing! http://mutual-aid-demo.herokuapp.com/

• username: testuser@example.com
• password: test with zest

To deploy a WIP branch (not main):

git push <test-app-git-remote> <your-branch>:main

See this guide for how to set up heroku git remotes.

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