Google JS Test is a fast javascript unit testing framework that runs on the V8 engine, without needing to launch a full browser. Features include:

• Extremely fast test startup and execution time, without having to run a browser.
• Clean, readable output in the case of both passing and failing tests.
• A browser-based test runner that can simply be refreshed whenever JS is changed.
• Style and semantics that resemble Google Test for C++.
• A built-in mocking framework that requires minimal boilerplate code (e.g. no $tearDown or $verifyAll) with style and semantics based on the Google C++ Mocking Framework.

The trade-off is that since tests are run in V8 without a browser, there is no DOM available. You can still use Google JS Test for tests of DOM-manipulating code however; see "Is it for me?" for more details.

Example

Below is an example of a basic test for a class called UserInfo, which accepts a database lookup function in its constructor.

function UserInfoTest() {
  // Each test function gets its own instance of UserInfoTest, so tests can
  // use instance variables to store state that doesn't affect other tests.
  // There's no need to write a tearDown method, unless you modify global
  // state.
  //
  // Create an instance of the class under test here, giving it a mock
  // function that we also keep a reference to below.
  this.getInfoFromDb_ = createMockFunction();
  this.userInfo_ = new UserInfo(this.getInfoFromDb_);
}
registerTestSuite(UserInfoTest);

addTest(UserInfoTest, function formatsUSPhoneNumber() {
  // Expect a call to the database function with the argument 0xdeadbeef. When
  // the call is received, return the supplied string.
  expectCall(this.getInfoFromDb_)(0xdeadbeef)
    .willOnce(returnWith('phone_number: "650 253 0000"'));

  // Make sure that our class returns correctly formatted output.
  expectEq('(650) 253-0000', this.userInfo_.getPhoneForId(0xdeadbeef));
});

addTest(UserInfoTest, function returnsLastNameFirst() {
  expectCall(this.getInfoFromDb_)(0xdeadbeef)
    .willOnce(returnWith('given_name: "John" family_name: "Doe"'));

  // Make sure that our class puts the last name first.
  expectEq('Doe, John', this.userInfo_.getNameForId(0xdeadbeef));
});

The test's output is clean and readable:

[ RUN      ] UserInfoTest.formatsUSPhoneNumber
[       OK ] UserInfoTest.formatsUSPhoneNumber
[ RUN      ] UserInfoTest.returnsLastNameFirst
user_info_test.js:32
Expected: 'Doe, John'
Actual:   'John Doe'

[  FAILED  ] UserInfoTest.returnsLastNameFirst
[ RUN      ] UserInfoTest.understandsChineseNames
[       OK ] UserInfoTest.understandsChineseNames

Getting Started

See Installing for information about installing Google JS Test on your system. Once you've done so, Getting started will take you through an end to end example of using Google JS Test. While writing your own tests, you can use the Matchers and Mocking pages for reference.