Run/debug node.js testcases with jasmine in Webstorm 11

Question

I install Webstorm 11 and want to run my tests (for node.js app) implemented with Jasmine. However it's not easy to do that. I could just type in command line 'jasmine' command and test will be runned, but in this case I'm not able to debug code. So is there a way to configure Webstorm to deal with jasmine specs as it should?

Answer 1

Ok, so while no one answer at the moment I will try to provide my version: This flow will allow to run jasmine testsute from Webstrom and debug testcases

1. install jasmine (ither locally or globally)

2. in project folder create folder 'spec/support' In this folder place jasmine.json

   tests configuration example:

   {
   "spec_dir": "tests",
   "spec_files": [
       "**/*[sS]pec.js"
   ],
   "helpers": [
       "helpers/**/*.js"
   ]
   }
   

3. Create node.js configuration in Webstorm

4. In this configuration select source file - jasmine executable file (for localy installed jasmine it will be 'node_modules\jasmine\bin\jasmine.js' )

So you are ready. However at the current moment when trying to debug this configuration - it fails with error:

Cannot stop on breakpoint due to internal error org.jetbrains.v8.V8CommandProcessor$1:

If you faced with it - you need to change Webstom configuration and set this settings:

-Dnodejs.debugger.use.jb.support=false For more details check there:

So this allow you to run jasmine tests and debug them. However there is still some things which this solution not able to do:

1. Run individual testcases
2. Run individual testcases with right click button and Run command from menu

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Jetbrains, if you reading this - please fix this already. I started play with node in Webstorm 3 years ago and since that moment and dozens of version there is still no nice way to run tests. It's ridiculous.