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Awesome TAP Test – Massive Collection of Resources
Useful resources for the Test Anything Protocol
TAP is a simple text-based interface between testing modules in a test harness.
The list is very JavaScript focused right now. That’s just because I’m only familiar with TAP stuff in the JS world.
Contents
Reporters
JavaScript
- tap-dot – Dotted output.
- tap-spec – Mocha-like spec reporter.
- tap-nyan – Nyan cat.
- tap-min – Minimal output.
- tap-difflet – Minimal output with diffing.
- tap-diff – Human-friendly output with diffing.
- tap-simple – Simple output.
- faucet – Human-readable summarizer.
- tap-mocha-reporter – Use any of the Mocha reporters.
- tap-summary – Summarized output.
- tap-pessimist – Only shows failed tests.
- tap-prettify – Nice readable output with diffing.
- tap-colorize – Colorize the output while preserving machine-readability.
- tap-bail – Bail out when the first test fails.
- tap-notify – Notifier for macOS, Linux and Windows.
- tap-json – JSON output.
- ava-tap-json – JSON output with AVA compatibility.
- tap-xunit – xUnit output.
- tap-teamcity – Output for TeamCity.
Producers
Things that produce TAP output.
JavaScript
- AVA – Futuristic test runner (
$ ava --tap). - tap – TAP test framework for Node.js.
- tape – TAP-producing test harness for Node.js and browsers.
- ESLint – Pluggable JavaScript linter (
$ eslint --format=tap). - Mocha – Feature-rich test framework for Node.js and browsers (
$ mocha reporter=tap). - qunit-tap – TAP output for QUnit.
- jasmine-reporters – TAP output for Jasmine.
- karma-tap-reporter – TAP output for Karma.
- mos – Markdown file generator and tester (
$ mos test --tap). - zora – TAP-producing test runner that works with ES2015 without Babel.
Swift
- TAP – A Swift package for the Test Anything Protocol (v13).
Fish
- Fishtape – TAP producer and test harness for fish.
Bash
- bats – Bash Automated Testing System.
- ShellSpec – A full-featured BDD unit testing framework for POSIX shells.
Consumers
Things that consume TAP output.
JavaScript
- tap-parser – TAP parser.
- tap-out – TAP parser.
- yamlish – YAML-block parser.
Tools
JavaScript
- tap-dev-tool – Prettify TAP in the browser console.
- tap-merge – Merge multiple TAP streams.
- smokestack – Run TAP tests in a browser and write the output to
stdout. - chutney – Run TAP tests at Sauce Labs. Lightweight smokestack alternative.
Python
- tappy – Tools for working with TAP.
Articles
Tutorials
- test-anything – Learn to test anything with TAP through an interactive workshop.
