jest-circleci-orb

This orb makes running jest tests fast and easy. The primary functionality this orb provides is saving / restoring the jest cache, which makes subsequent test runs faster.

Benefits of Storing the Jest Cache

Jest stores useful information in the cache, which improves the performance of your test suite.

• Reduced startup time Jest stores information about the file structure and mocks you create in your tests. By restoring the previous jest-haste-map data, it reduces the amount of work jest has to do at startup.

• Even distribution of test suites across workers If you're running your test suites in parallel (enabled by default), jest will cache information about how long each of your test suites takes to run. It then uses this information to evenly distribute your test suites across the jest workers, so they all complete their work around the same time. This prevents one slow test suite from holding up the entire jest run.

• Fast fail with bail config. Jest also stores whether each individual test succeeded or failed on the previous run, and runs failed tests as soon as possible on the next run. This is very handy when used in conjunction with the bail configuration, so you get super-fast feedback on previously failed tests.

• Faster Typescript transpiling. If you're using TypeScript with jest, your files are likely transpiled to Javascript before each run. By restoring the cache, jest will only transpile changed files.

If you want to learn more about the jest cache, check out Jest Architecture video on YouTube.

Usage

See the orb registry listing for usage details.

Configuration

To save / restore the jest cache between runs, you must set jest's cacheDirectory configuration property to a predictable location.

In your jest configuration file (e.g. jest.config.js, jest.config.ts or in your package.json), set cacheDirectory to .jest-cache. For example,

// jest.config.js
module.exports = {
  // other configuration properties
  cacheDirectory: '.jest-cache'
}

You should also gitignore this directory. Add .jest-cache to your .gitignore file.

If you don't have a jest configuration file, refer to the documentation to learn how to create one.

Examples

version: 2.1

orbs:
  # Replace x.y.z. with a real version number. All versions are listed here:
  # https://circleci.com/developer/orbs/orb/blimmer/jest
  jest: blimmer/jest@x.y.z

  workflows:
    test:
      jobs:
        - jest/test

Refer to the orb registry listing for more examples.

Breaking Changes

Breaking changes, such as those between 0.x and 1.x, are described in CHANGELOG.md.

Contributing

I welcome issues and pull requests against this repository!

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