marocchino

marocchino

A tool for running client-side tests in a sandboxed environment. You execute your tests with your normal testing framework but can execute code and tests within a sandboxed iframe. This allows you to safely run DOM tests without affecting any other tests.

Simple example

sandbox = null

beforeEach ->
    sandbox = marocchino.create({
        src: '/base/test/blank.html'
    })

afterEach ->
    marocchino.remove sandbox

it 'should be able to execute functions inside the iframe', ->
    sandbox.run( ->
        window._testValue = "appcues"
    ).then ->
        expect(sandbox.iframe.contentWindow._testValue).to.equal "appcues"

Full example

See the tests for this library in the test/ directory for a full example using karma, mocha and chai.

Building

1. Run npm install.
2. Run grunt. This will build the library file and run the tests in PhantomJS, Chrome and Firefox.
3. The built file should be in the lib/ directory.

Usage

1. Get the lib/marocchino.js loaded on your test page.
2. Create a new sandbox with marocchino.create().
3. Execute code in the sandbox by using the sandbox.run(func) call.