Mailspring/docs-atom/writing-specs.md
Ben Gotow df38008c56 fix(*): Small fixes from Lake Tahoe. See Summary.
Summary:
This diff includes a few small things:

- Menu: Don't select the first item until the user taps down arrow, and allow the user to use the arrow keys to move up and down through Menu items.

- Menu: Make scroll code from MultiselectList re-usable, use in Menu. Now if you use the keys to move to an item that is offscreen it will follow.

- Popover: Tapping the button that opened popover should close it

- Make sure buttons in toolbars are at least standard height

- Re-enable Markdown processing via `grunt docs`

- A bit of initial inline documentation for crosjdoc. Need to evaluate whether this is worth doing everywhere.

- New `search-playground` package for experimenting with search and search weights.

- Swap itemClassProvider for more generic itemPropProvider

- Add crojsdoc config file

- Export React, because third party packages can't require things from our app

- [FEATURE] Bring back static file support in third party packages via `nylas://translate/IMG_20150417_124142.jpg`

- Fix invariant error with search bar

- [FEATURE] "Show Original" under Message actions

- Fix DatabaseView so that many archives at once don't cause problems

Test Plan: Run specs

Reviewers: evan

Reviewed By: evan

Differential Revision: https://review.inboxapp.com/D1426
2015-04-22 16:41:29 -07:00

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# Writing specs
Atom uses [Jasmine](http://jasmine.github.io/1.3/introduction.html) as its spec framework. Any new functionality should have specs to guard against regressions.
## Create a new spec
[Atom specs](https://github.com/atom/atom/tree/master/spec) and [package specs](https://github.com/atom/markdown-preview/tree/master/spec) are added to their respective `spec` directory. The example below creates a spec for Atom core.
0. Create a spec file
Spec files **must** end with `-spec` so add `sample-spec.coffee` to `atom/spec`.
0. Add one or more `describe` methods
The `describe` method takes two arguments, a description and a function. If the description explains a behavior it typically begins with `when`; if it is more like a unit test it begins with the method name.
```coffee
describe "when a test is written", ->
# contents
```
or
```coffee
describe "Editor::moveUp", ->
# contents
```
0. Add one or more `it` method
The `it` method also takes two arguments, a description and a function. Try and make the description flow with the `it` method. For example, a description of `this should work` doesn't read well as `it this should work`. But a description of `should work` sounds great as `it should work`.
```coffee
describe "when a test is written", ->
it "has some expectations that should pass", ->
# Expectations
```
0. Add one or more expectations
The best way to learn about expectations is to read the [jasmine documentation](http://jasmine.github.io/1.3/introduction.html#section-Expectations) about them. Below is a simple example.
```coffee
describe "when a test is written", ->
it "has some expectations that should pass", ->
expect("apples").toEqual("apples")
expect("oranges").not.toEqual("apples")
```
## Asynchronous specs
Writing Asynchronous specs can be tricky at first. Some examples.
0. Promises
Working with promises is rather easy in Atom. You can use our `waitsForPromise` function.
```coffee
describe "when we open a file", ->
it "should be opened in an editor", ->
waitsForPromise ->
atom.workspace.open('c.coffee').then (editor) ->
expect(editor.getPath()).toContain 'c.coffee'
```
This method can be used in the `describe`, `it`, `beforeEach` and `afterEach` functions.
```coffee
describe "when we open a file", ->
beforeEach ->
waitsForPromise ->
atom.workspace.open 'c.coffee'
it "should be opened in an editor", ->
expect(atom.workspace.getActiveTextEditor().getPath()).toContain 'c.coffee'
```
If you need to wait for multiple promises use a new `waitsForPromise` function for each promise. (Caution: Without `beforeEach` this example will fail!)
```coffee
describe "waiting for the packages to load", ->
beforeEach ->
waitsForPromise ->
atom.workspace.open('sample.js')
waitsForPromise ->
atom.packages.activatePackage('tabs')
waitsForPromise ->
atom.packages.activatePackage('tree-view')
it 'should have waited long enough', ->
expect(atom.packages.isPackageActive('tabs')).toBe true
expect(atom.packages.isPackageActive('tree-view')).toBe true
```
0. Asynchronous functions with callbacks
Specs for asynchronous functions can be done using the `waitsFor` and `runs` functions. A simple example.
```coffee
describe "fs.readdir(path, cb)", ->
it "is async", ->
spy = jasmine.createSpy('fs.readdirSpy')
fs.readdir('/tmp/example', spy)
waitsFor ->
spy.callCount > 0
runs ->
exp = [null, ['example.coffee']]
expect(spy.mostRecentCall.args).toEqual exp
expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(null, ['example.coffee'])
```
For a more detailed documentation on asynchronous tests please visit the [jasmine documentation](http://jasmine.github.io/1.3/introduction.html#section-Asynchronous_Support).
## Running specs
Most of the time you'll want to run specs by triggering the `window:run-package-specs` command. This command is not only to run package specs, it is also for Atom core specs. This will run all the specs in the current project's spec directory. If you want to run the Atom core specs and **all** the default package specs trigger the `window:run-all-specs` command.
To run a limited subset of specs use the `fdescribe` or `fit` methods. You can use those to focus a single spec or several specs. In the example above, focusing an individual spec looks like this:
```coffee
describe "when a test is written", ->
fit "has some expectations that should pass", ->
expect("apples").toEqual("apples")
expect("oranges").not.toEqual("apples")
```
### Running on CI
It is now easy to run the specs in a CI environment like Travis and AppVeyor. See the
[Travis CI For Your Packages](http://blog.atom.io/2014/04/25/ci-for-your-packages.html)
and [AppVeyor CI For Your Packages](http://blog.atom.io/2014/07/28/windows-ci-for-your-packages.html)
posts for more details.