mocha.js - Declare "pending" specs/tests in jasmine or mocha

Question

I would like to describe specifications that should be in the code, but implementation of them would be added later. In test results I would like to see them neither passed nor failed, but "are waiting" for implementation instead.

I'm interested if it is possible to do out of the box in mocha or jasmine.

Thanks

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11518609/declare-pending-specs-tests-in-jasmine-or-mocha

Answer 1

You can declare disabled functions in both mocha and jasmine using xit (instead of it), and xdescribe (instead of describe).

If you want the tests to appear as pending, in mocha you can just leave the second parameter blank in the call to the it() function. For example:

describe('Something', function () {
    it('Should be pending')
    xit('Should be disabled, i.e not appear on the list')
});

Update: The behaviour for xit/xdescribe is might change in Mocha if this merge happens: https://github.com/visionmedia/mocha/pull/510