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Kava has been powering accurate test suites for Node.js and Web Browsers since 2012.
Kava has been powering accurate test suites for Node.js and Web Browsers since 2012.
npm install --save kavaimport * as pkg from ('kava')const pkg = require('kava')<script type="module">
import * as pkg from '//dev.jspm.io/kava@7.9.0'
</script>
This package is published with the following editions:
kava aliases kava/index.cjs which uses the Editions Autoloader to automatically select the correct edition for the consumer's environmentkava/source/index.js is ESNext source code for Node.js 8 || 10 || 12 || 14 || 16 || 18 || 20 || 21 with Require for moduleskava/edition-browsers/index.js is ESNext compiled for web browsers with Require for moduleskava/edition-node-6/index.js is ESNext compiled for Node.js 6 || 8 || 10 || 12 || 14 || 16 || 18 || 20 || 21 with Require for moduleskava/edition-node-4/index.js is ESNext compiled for Node.js 4 with Require for moduleskava/./index.d.ts is ESNext compiled Types with Require for modulesThis project provides its type information via inline JSDoc Comments. To make use of this in TypeScript, set your maxNodeModuleJsDepth compiler option to 5 or thereabouts. You can accomplish this via your tsconfig.json file like so:
{
"compilerOptions": {
"maxNodeModuleJsDepth": 5
}
}
Discover the release history by heading on over to the HISTORY.md file.
Discover how to contribute via the CONTRIBUTING.md file.
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Kava has been powering accurate test suites for Node.js and Web Browsers since 2012.
We found that kava demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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