Baretest
Dev tools
test runner
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Idea: 4 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Lightweight and useful for testing size-constrained serverless scripts
From 2 comments
This is actually something I've been looking for, to be able to test script size constrained serverless scripts! Does it work when minified, or does it need node? (By the way,…
tmikaeld on HNMy use case is for Cloudflare Workers specifically, they have a max-size of 1MB per script and even while doing tests locally in node - the actual worker behave differently, so…
tmikaeld on HN
Small codebase compared to Jest
From 1 comment
I wouldn't be surprised to see a test runner with the same features done in 1000–5000 lines.
volument on HN
Objections
Not a direct alternative to Jest, which offers far more features
From 2 comments
I'm not this is really an alternative, at least a direct alternative, to Jest. Jest is much larger - but you get a LOT more functionality, so this isn't really surprising. You…
lmiller1990 on HNIn that case, will this really cut down on time to see the test result? Won't I have to trigger my TS/React build, then run the test (two separate actions, difficult to automate…
lmiller1990 on HN
Benchmark is too basic to prove speed claims
From 1 comment
I'm not this is really an alternative, at least a direct alternative, to Jest. Jest is much larger - but you get a LOT more functionality, so this isn't really surprising. You…
lmiller1990 on HN
Setting up transpiling and DOM tooling still slows tests
From 2 comments
I'm not this is really an alternative, at least a direct alternative, to Jest. Jest is much larger - but you get a LOT more functionality, so this isn't really surprising. You…
lmiller1990 on HNIn that case, will this really cut down on time to see the test result? Won't I have to trigger my TS/React build, then run the test (two separate actions, difficult to automate…
lmiller1990 on HN
Requests
Support for minified scripts and client-side testing
From 2 comments
This is actually something I've been looking for, to be able to test script size constrained serverless scripts! Does it work when minified, or does it need node? (By the way,…
tmikaeld on HNGreat to hear! Can you shed some light on "script size constrained serverless scripts"? Would possibly make a good FAQ entry. And yes. Bareserver needs Node currently and is not…
volument on HN
Better benchmarks covering real examples
From 1 comment
I'm not this is really an alternative, at least a direct alternative, to Jest. Jest is much larger - but you get a LOT more functionality, so this isn't really surprising. You…
lmiller1990 on HN
Questions
Does it work with minified code without Node?
From 1 comment
This is actually something I've been looking for, to be able to test script size constrained serverless scripts! Does it work when minified, or does it need node? (By the way,…
tmikaeld on HN
Alternatives named
Jest
From 2 comments
I'm not this is really an alternative, at least a direct alternative, to Jest. Jest is much larger - but you get a LOT more functionality, so this isn't really surprising. You…
lmiller1990 on HNTrue. However, according to "The State of JavaScript" [1] Jest is the most popular option these days and it is chosen because it is simple, lightweight, fast, and easy [2] — all…
volument on HN
Tape
From 1 comment
Seems more like an alternative for Tape to me.
k__ on HN