Testing

Strudel uses vitest for testing, with 2 types of testing strategies:

• unit tests for fine grained testing
• automated snapshot tests for broader testing

Unit Tests

Each package has a test folder where tests are written on a file by file basis, e.g. util.test.mjs implements all tests for util.mjs.

Snapshot Tests

Snapshot tests allow testing larger chunks of data. Strudel uses snapshot tests for:

• Example Snippets: examples.test.mjs, using snippets under @example inside jsdoc comments
• Example Tunes: tunes.test.mjs, using all patterns in tunes.mjs

The snapshot (.snap) files contain all haps within a certain number of cycles for each tested pattern. They allow testing for breaking changes on a larger scale. If breaking changes are intentional, the snapshots can be updated with npm run snapshot. Just make sure to verify that all affected patterns behave as expected.