Runs Mocha tests, all or selected. Then prints the result to an output window.

This extension is inspired by Node.js Tools for Visual Studio.

To run Mocha tests:

• Bring up Command Palette (F1, or Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows and Linux, or Shift+CMD+P on OSX)
• Type or select "Mocha: Run all tests"

You can run tests by:

• All tests in the workspace
• All or failed tests in last run
• Tests that match a Regular Expression
• One test that you pick from a list

By default, this extensions will discover tests by searching for test/**/*.js under your workspace.

Because your tests may requires a newer version of Node.js than the one powering Visual Studio Code, thus, this extension will attempt to find your installed Node.js and use it for your tests. It will search for the installed Node.js as indicated by environmental variable PATH. You can find the logic here.

When the test is being run, we will add NODE_PATH to point to your workspace node_modules folder to help resolving external modules.

No one shoe could fit everyone. You may need to turn some switches on to fit your project. Please file us an issue if you think there is a better way to fit you and the others.

Under File > Preferences > Workspace Settings, you can configure Mocha options, e.g. run in "tdd" mode, detect/ignore leaks, etc.

//-------- Mocha options --------

// Mocha: Options to run Mocha
"mocha.options": {},

// Mocha: Glob to search for test files
"mocha.files.glob": "test/**/*.js",

// Mocha: Globs to ignore when searching for test files
"mocha.files.ignore": [
  "**/.git/**/*",
  "**/node_modules/**/*"
],

// Mocha: Environment variables to run your tests
"mocha.env": {},

To quickly run tests, you can create a keyboard shortcut under File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts. For example, the following JSON will run all tests with CTRL+K followed by R key.

{
  "key": "ctrl+k r",
  "command": "mocha.runAllTests"
}

Following commands are also supported:

• 0.1.1 (2016-04-27)
  • Feature: New settings - test files glob and ignore globs
  • Feature: New settings - environment variables for discovering and running tests
• 0.1.0 (2016-04-26)
  • Feature: Run tests by grep pattern
  • Feature: Rerun failed tests
  • Feature: Rerun last set of tests
  • Feature: Dump severe error to output channel
  • Fix: When selecting tests, it did not use Mocha options in workspace settings
• 0.0.1 (2016-04-25)
  • First public release

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