panic-client

Panic Client

This is meant to be used alongside panic-server.

What it is

Panic is a distributed test framework built for gunDB to test end-to-end functionality, such as client/client interactions. Other E2E test frameworks focus more on a single browser. While valuable, collaborative apps are nearly impossible to test. For example:

browsers A and B connect to server C
browser A performs action and is done
server C sees action and is done
browser B sees action and is done

3 cases finished, no failures. Next test.

So while many test frameworks will focus on one of those peers, no test framework includes them all. This is a true end-to-end framework, and without it, real-time data sync has been a nightmare to test against.

Usage

Warning: panic is still under development.

Download panic-server, that's where the tests are written. To connect to the panic dispatcher, first include the panic src:

npm install PsychoLlama/panic-client

Browser:

<script src="panic.js"></script>
<!-- this will expose the "panic" global -->

Node.js:

var panic = require('panic-client');

Now all that's left is connecting to the panic server:

// panic will default to this address
panic.server('http://localhost:8080')

The tests should begin automatically.

Reference

• TDO - Test Description Object
  • Description
  • Id
  • Configuration object
    • an environment object
    • callbacks and conditionals