Automating Fixture Instantiation in Mocha using Async | A ...

My latest Node.JS project has been entirely test-driven and I always strive to write very simple & concise tests. Convoluted code in a test will be far less likely to be maintained.

So when test driving my latest model, I found myself using hundreds of lines of code just to instantiate models using pre-built fixtures in the before function. Not ideal.

I much prefer this type of code:

  var my_model_fixtures = require(app.root+'/spec/models/fixtures/my_model_fixtures.js');  describe('My Model', function() {   before(function(done) {     this.my_models = new Array;     var that=this;      async.map(['fixture1', 'fixture2'],       function(my_fixture, iterator_callback) {         var my_model = new MyModel(my_model_fixtures[my_fixture]);         my_model.save(function(err,data){           if(!err) {             iterator_callback(null, my_model);           } else {             iterator_callback(data, null);           }         });       },       function(err,results){         if(err) {           console.log("Error instantiating fixtures: "+err);         }         done(err);       });   }); }); 

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