JavaScript testing with Tape

 I mostly use tape for testing my JavaScript packages. Today I was updating dependencies and update of tape was among them.

The link from npmjs.com to GitHub was broken, yielding a 404 page. So I logged an issue and within a few minutes the links were fixed.

So, the GitHub repository for tape has moved to https://github.com/tape-testing/tape but all is well. Jordan is still actively maintaining the package.

It remains my favourite test package for JavaScript.

First release from the current repository was Nov 26, 2012. Well over a decade ago. It is good to see that it is still maintained and with attention to backwards compatibility.

Thus far, all my packages are CommonJS.

For linting, I use eslint with configuration @ig3/eslint-config-entrain. 

For coverage, I use c8.

For test runner I use multi-tape. Pending an update of multi-tape dependencies, I have published @ig3/multi-tape.

Typical test script is: "eslint . && multi-tape test/*.js"

@ig3/eslint-config-entrain is based on neostandard and eslint version 9. Typical eslint.config.js is:

 

'use strict';

const eslintConfigEntrain = require('@ig3/eslint-config-entrain');

module.exports = [
  ...eslintConfigEntrain,
];

Or sometimes something like:

'use strict';

const eslintConfigEntrain = require('@ig3/eslint-config-entrain');

module.exports = [
  ...eslintConfigEntrain,
  {
    ignores: ['public/js/**'],
  },
];

Setup is:

$ npm install -D @ig3/eslint-config-entrain c8 tape multi-tape

 Change the test script to:

"eslint . && c8 multi-tape test/*.js"

 And create eslint.config.js as above.