@skills17/task-config

skills17/task-config

Parses and validates task config files.

Table of contents

• Installation
• Usage
  • Browser
• Configuration
• License

Installation

npm install @skills17/task-config

Usage

Create a config.json file for your task in the root folder of the task. See the configuration section below for a detailed overview of all possible configuration values.

Then, create a new config instance and load the configuration file:

import Config from '@skills17/task-config';

const config = new Config();
await config.loadFromFile();

To load the config synchronously, the additional method loadFromFileSync() is available.

You can now access the configuration via the available getter methods:

• getId()
• getType()
• getSource()
• getServe()
• getPoints()
• getGroups()
• getProjectRoot()
• isLocalHistoryEnabled()
• arePointsShown()

Or directly create a new test run instance (from @skills17/test-result) where you can start recording the tests:

const run = config.createTestRun();

// start recording tests
run.recordTest('Countries > IndexAll', 'IndexAll', false, true);

Browser

It is also possible to use this library in a browser. Webpack and other bundlers should automatically pick the correct files. If you are not using a bundler, make sure to use the lib/index.browser.js file.

Since the browser does not have access to the filesytem, it cannot load the config.json automatically. Instead, you have to pass the configuration object directly to the load method:

import Config from '@skills17/task-config';

const config = new Config();
await config.load({ points: { defaultPoints: 2 }, groups: [ /* ... */ ] });

From then on, the same methods can be used as within a node environment, except the getProjectRoot() method is not available.

Configuration

The following properties are available and can be set in the config.json file.

id: string

Uniquely identifies the task within one championship.

type: string

Defines the task type so they can later be grouped. For example, task types can be their programming language (js, php, ...).

source: string[]

Default: ["./src/**"]

Specifies all source files the competitors are allowed to modify. All files that do not match will get reset before a test.

The files can be specified by using minimatch globs.

tests: string[]

Default: ["./tests/**/*.@(spec|test).@(js|ts)"]

Some skills17 packages require all test files to be specified. If that is the case, it will be stated in the install instructions.

The files can be specified by using minimatch globs.

database: Database

Default:

{
  "enabled": false,
  "dump": "./database.sql",
  "name": "skills17",
  "user": "root",
  "password": "",
  "host": "127.0.0.1"
},

Defines if a database is used by the tests and if that is the case, which one. The dump file specifies the location of a valid SQL Dump that will get automatically imported before every test run in order to ensure consistent data across test runs.

serve: Serve

Default:

{
  "enabled": false,
  "port": 3000,
  "bind": "127.0.0.1",
  "mapping": {
    "/": "./src"
  }
}

Some integration tests require that files are accessible over an URL. If this feature is enabled, the files or directories specified in the mapping property will be served on the defined endpoint. The key specifies the URL path and the value the local file path.

localHistory: boolean

Default: false

If true, every executed test run will be saved in JSON locally in a .history folder. This later allows a performance analysis over time.

showPoints: boolean

Default: true

If false, points will not be shown in the normal output. For JSON outputs, they will still be available.

points: Points

Default:

{
  "defaultPoints": 1,
  "strategy": "add"
}

Those settings define how many points a test will award by default and which strategy will be used. Valid strategies are add and deduct. Those values can be overwritten by a single test or test group.

groups: Group[]

Default: []

A core concept is test groups. You usually don't want to test everything for one criterion in one test function but instead split it into multiple ones for a cleaner test class and a better overview.

Each test group can have the following configuration:

{
  // A regex to match tests of this group. For JS, groups are determined
  // by `describe` statements, for PHP, it is specified as a test method prefix.
  "match": "CountriesIndex.+",

  // An optional display name will be used in all outputs.
  "displayName": "CountriesController::index",

  // Optionally sets the default points tests will award in this group.
  // Only needed when overwriting the global default value.
  "defaultPoints": 1,

  // Optionally sets the strategy used in this group.
  // Only needed when overwriting the global default value.
  "strategy": "deduct",

  // Optionally sets the maximum number of points that can be scored in this group.
  // This can only be set when the strategy "deduct" is used and the maximum points
  // should not equal the sum of all tests.
  "maxPoints": 3,

  // Optionally define overrides for single tests.
  "tests": [
    {
      // A regex to match the test inside this group.
      // If the default values are okay for a test, it does not need to be specified here.
      "match": "CountriesIndexJson",

      // Optionally specify points per test if they should be different from the default points.
      "points": 0,

      // Optionally set this as a required test.
      // If a required test does not pass, the whole group will award 0 points.
      "required": true
    }
  ]
}

Full example

Many of the values in this example are default values and can be left out. But it shows how a full config.json can look like and what settings are available.

{
  "id": "js-task-1",
  "type": "js",
  "source": [
    "./src/**"
  ],
  "database": {
    "enabled": true,
    "dump": "./database.sql",
    "name": "skills17",
    "user": "root",
    "password": "",
    "host": "127.0.0.1"
  },
  "serve": {
    "enabled": true,
    "port": 3000,
    "bind": "127.0.0.1",
    "mapping": {
      "/": "./src"
    }
  },
  "localHistory": false,
  "showPoints": true,
  "points": {
    "defaultPoints": 1,
    "strategy": "add"
  },
  "groups": [
    {
      "match": "CountriesIndex.+",
      "displayName": "CountriesController::index",
      "defaultPoints": 1,
      "strategy": "deduct",
      "maxPoints": 2,
      "tests": [
        {
          "match": "CountriesIndexJson",
          "points": 0,
          "required": true
        },
        {
          "match": "CountriesIndexSearch",
          "points": 2
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

License

MIT