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CLI tool for generating opinionated specs templates for a quick unit-tests setup including dependencies mocking with the ts-mockito mocking library.
Run
npx qutilz --specs from a local folder to generate a new spec template for local class-based components/services
(Jest + ts-mockito) and for exported functions.
npx qutilz --report from the local tests' folder to print a report of all existing suites/tests.
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We found that qutilz 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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