5.0 KiB
describe/test titles should be valid (valid-title
)
Checks that the title of Jest blocks are valid by ensuring that titles are:
- not empty,
- is a string,
- not prefixed with their block name,
- have no leading or trailing spaces
Rule Details
emptyTitle
An empty title is not informative, and serves little purpose.
Examples of incorrect code for this rule:
describe('', () => {});
describe('foo', () => {
it('', () => {});
});
it('', () => {});
test('', () => {});
xdescribe('', () => {});
xit('', () => {});
xtest('', () => {});
Examples of correct code for this rule:
describe('foo', () => {});
describe('foo', () => {
it('bar', () => {});
});
test('foo', () => {});
it('foo', () => {});
xdescribe('foo', () => {});
xit('foo', () => {});
xtest('foo', () => {});
titleMustBeString
Titles for test blocks should always be a string literal or expression.
This is also applied to describe
blocks by default, but can be turned off via
the ignoreTypeOfDescribeName
option:
Examples of incorrect code for this rule:
it(123, () => {});
describe(String(/.+/), () => {});
describe(myFunction, () => {});
xdescribe(myFunction, () => {});
describe(6, function() {});
Examples of correct code for this rule:
it('is a string', () => {});
test('is a string', () => {});
xtest('is a string', () => {});
describe('is a string', () => {});
describe.skip('is a string', () => {});
fdescribe('is a string', () => {});
Examples of correct code when ignoreTypeOfDescribeName
is true
:
it('is a string', () => {});
test('is a string', () => {});
xtest('is a string', () => {});
describe('is a string', () => {});
describe.skip('is a string', () => {});
fdescribe('is a string', () => {});
describe(String(/.+/), () => {});
describe(myFunction, () => {});
xdescribe(myFunction, () => {});
describe(6, function() {});
duplicatePrefix
A describe
/ test
block should not start with duplicatePrefix
Examples of incorrect code for this rule
test('test foo', () => {});
it('it foo', () => {});
describe('foo', () => {
test('test bar', () => {});
});
describe('describe foo', () => {
test('bar', () => {});
});
Examples of correct code for this rule
test('foo', () => {});
it('foo', () => {});
describe('foo', () => {
test('bar', () => {});
});
accidentalSpace
A describe
/ test
block should not contain accidentalSpace
Examples of incorrect code for this rule
test(' foo', () => {});
it(' foo', () => {});
describe('foo', () => {
test(' bar', () => {});
});
describe(' foo', () => {
test('bar', () => {});
});
describe('foo ', () => {
test('bar', () => {});
});
Examples of correct code for this rule
test('foo', () => {});
it('foo', () => {});
describe('foo', () => {
test('bar', () => {});
});
Options
interface Options {
ignoreTypeOfDescribeName?: boolean;
disallowedWords?: string[];
mustNotMatch?: Partial<Record<'describe' | 'test' | 'it', string>> | string;
mustMatch?: Partial<Record<'describe' | 'test' | 'it', string>> | string;
}
ignoreTypeOfDescribeName
Default: false
When enabled, the type of the first argument to describe
blocks won't be
checked.
disallowedWords
Default: []
A string array of words that are not allowed to be used in test titles. Matching is not case-sensitive, and looks for complete words:
Examples of incorrect code when using disallowedWords
:
// with disallowedWords: ['correct', 'all', 'every', 'properly']
describe('the correct way to do things', () => {});
it('has ALL the things', () => {});
xdescribe('every single one of them', () => {});
test(`that the value is set properly`, () => {});
Examples of correct code when using disallowedWords
:
// with disallowedWords: ['correct', 'all', 'every', 'properly']
it('correctly sets the value', () => {});
test('that everything is as it should be', () => {});
describe('the proper way to handle things', () => {});
mustMatch
& mustNotMatch
Defaults: {}
Allows enforcing that titles must match or must not match a given Regular
Expression. An object can be provided to apply different Regular Expressions to
specific Jest test function groups (describe
, test
, and it
).
Examples of incorrect code when using mustMatch
:
// with mustMatch: '$that'
describe('the correct way to do things', () => {});
fit('this there!', () => {});
// with mustMatch: { test: '$that' }
describe('the tests that will be run', () => {});
test('the stuff works', () => {});
xtest('errors that are thrown have messages', () => {});
Examples of correct code when using mustMatch
:
// with mustMatch: '$that'
describe('that thing that needs to be done', () => {});
fit('that this there!', () => {});
// with mustMatch: { test: '$that' }
describe('the tests that will be run', () => {});
test('that the stuff works', () => {});
xtest('that errors that thrown have messages', () => {});