rtfeldman / rtfeldman/node-test-runner

UI Indicating Progress of the test run (or that it's working at all)

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enhancement
Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
140
Forks
83
Avg merge
8h 25m
Merged PRs (30d)
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Description

2 Helpful reasons for output

Psychological

With large amounts of test files, running tests can take long (in problematic case we spoke of in particular, 68717 ms). During this time, it doesn't feel very good as the developer to watch nothing happen on the screen.

Helpful

In the case that you won't take the next action until all tests pass (like commit or push), it's useful to know as soon as possible when tests break. In the current state, we don't know until the end if there are any test breaks- but it would be very helpful to see them as they come out so as a developer I can either:

  • End early
  • Start fixing tests as others run

@stoeffel may have additional cases

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reproducing a long test run and tracing how its output is emitted; done should mean that progress is visible and test failures appear as they occur, with enough detail to stop early or begin fixes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
cli, testing-qa
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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