on Linux

1. Install NodeJS.
2. Install jq and another necessary tools (e.g. sed).
3. Open Terminal.
4. Run npm install.
5. Run npm test.

on Windows

1. Install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10.
2. Convert EOL in the script ./start_unit_tests.sh from Windows (CR LF) to Unix (LF) - you can use the tool dos2unix in WSL to convert CR LF to LF.
3. Follow the instructions for Linux. Install NodeJS and run the following commands in WSL.

Developer documentation

The framework

The test cases are based on top of Jasmine framework. start_unit_tests.sh preprocesses the files using shell commands. Use bash if in doubt. Patches for other shells might be accepted but will probably not be supported by the core team.

Structure

The test cases are stored in the tests directory. The file names typically mirror the tested files in the common webextension directory with the suffix _tests.js. Each file and its requirements needs to be registered in config/global.json file.

The configuration file stores for each test:

        {
            "name": "file_name",
            "remove_custom_namespace": true/false,
            "let_to_var": true/false,
            "src_script_requirements": [
                {
                    "type": "const",
                    "requirements": [
                        {
                            "import": "sinon-chrome",
                            "as": "browser"
                        },
                        {
                            "import": "navigator",
                            "as": "navigator"
                        },
                        {
                            "import": "window",
                            "as": "window"
                        },
                        {
                            "from": "./url.js",
                            "objects": [
                                "extractSubDomains"
                            ]
                        },
                        {
                            "from": "./helpers.js",
                            "objects": [
                                "getEffectiveDomain"
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "test_script_requirements": [
                {
                    "type": "const",
                    "requirements": [
                        {
                            "from": "./helpers.js",
                            "objects": [
                                "escape",
                                "gen_random32"
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
            "extra_exports": [
                "setArgs",
                "wrappers"
            ],
            "replace_in_src": [
                {
                    "origin": "spoofPos(previouslyReturnedCoords);",
                    "new": "return spoofPos(previouslyReturnedCoords);"
                }
            ],
            "inject_code_to_src":
            {
                "begin": "function gen_random32() { return 0.2 * 4294967295; } function successCallback(arg) { return arg; } WrapHelper = { XRAY: false, shared: {}, forPage: function(param) {return param}, isForPage: obj => pageReady.has(obj), defineProperty: Object.defineProperty, defineProperties: Object.defineProperties, create: Object.create, OriginalProxy: Proxy, Proxy: Proxy };"
            }
        }

• name represents the tested file name (no _tests.js suffix)
• remove_custom_namespace modifies the source file to remove the IIFE to make its internals global. This is typically necessary to test wrappers that commonly create IIFE.
• let_to_var allows transforming all let variables to var variables. This might be necessary to transform inner variables but might modify the behaviour. Set to false unless you have good reason for the modification.
• src_script_requirements allows specifying dependencies of the file under test (the file used by the webextension).
• test_script_requirements allows specifying dependencies of the file with test cases (the file with the _tests.js suffix).
• extra_exports appends export line to the file under test and imports these objects to the file with the test cases.
• replace_in_src allows replacing lines in the file under test with a different code, use with caution as this modifies the behaviour.
• inject_code_to_src allows injecting additional code to the file under test. Currently only inserting to begin (first line) and end (last line) are supported.

Note that the preprocessor (start_unit_tests.sh) modifies the files under test and the file with test cases according to the instuctions in global.json. The files are temporarily stored in the tmp directory.

Add new unit tests if a test set already exists

If a test set already exists for the target modul (e.g. a test set background_tests.js for the background.js file), you can add your own tests to the test script (e.g. to the background_tests.js file).

You may need to update the requirements in the global configuration (./config/global.json file). Open the global configuration file for editing and find the configuration of the target script (according to the name property). Add the necessary requirements to the src_script_requirements and test_script_requirements sections.

Add new unit tests if a test set does not already exists

If a test set does not already exists for the target modul (e.g. a test set background_tests.js for the background.js file), create new file (e.g. background_tests.js file) in the ./tests directory. It is recommended to create a new test script by copying any existing test script, deleting its tests, and creating new ones.

When a new test script is created, add a new entry to the global configuration (./config/global.json file). The new entry must be created according to the example (./config/global-example.json file) and schema (./config/global-schema.json file).