The Most Effective Tutorial on Tests You Will Ever Read

• supertest

  2 12,691 10.0 JavaScript

  Discontinued 🕷 Super-agent driven library for testing node.js HTTP servers using a fluent API. Maintained for @forwardemail, @ladjs, @spamscanner, @breejs, @cabinjs, and @lassjs. [Moved to: https://github.com/ladjs/supertest] (by visionmedia)

  

Supertest is a library that simulates HTTP requests. I’ll be covering how to add testing to a backend Node.js/Express.js app later in this article. Very shortly, you will see how Supertest can be used alongside Jest. Supertest will be implemented to test some Express routes/controllers.

• Newman

  248 6,724 7.5 JavaScript

  Newman is a command-line collection runner for Postman

  

Ever wondered how you could test your API without using Postman or ThunderClient? While these tools are helpful, if you’re like me and work in the backend a lot, working with these tools can get time-consuming and tedious. Instead of manually making calls to your API, testing the backend can be automated with unit testing. There are many other benefits to testing but here are a few:

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io featured

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• jest

  474 43,627 9.5 TypeScript

  Delightful JavaScript Testing.

  

Jest is a popular JavaScript testing framework whose strength is its compatibility with many project-types and its lightweight setup.

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