https://github.com/akosyakov/ts-mocha-debugging

Simple TypeScript setup to debug Mocha tests from VS Code
https://github.com/akosyakov/ts-mocha-debugging

gitpod mocha ts-node typescript vscode

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Simple TypeScript setup to debug Mocha tests from VS Code

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/akosyakov/ts-mocha-debugging
• Owner: akosyakov
• Created: 2019-01-01T13:25:24.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-01-06T10:25:15.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-28T10:03:30.561Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: gitpod, mocha, ts-node, typescript, vscode
• Language: TypeScript
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• Size: 4.88 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Simple TypeScript setup to debug Mocha tests from VS Code

A TypeScript setup to run and debug Mocha tests without extra configuration and runtime overhead of tools like ts-node.



You can try it out with VS Code or in your browser with Gitpod (requires OAuth with GitHub):

[![Open in Gitpod](https://gitpod.io/button/open-in-gitpod.svg)](https://gitpod.io#https://github.com/akosyakov/ts-mocha-debugging)

## Installing

Install `typescript` and `mocha` from cli with:

    yarn

*Note: Gitpod auto installs dependencies on the workspace initialization, see [.gitpod.yml](.gitpod.yml)*

## Building

Code and tests can be compiled from cli with:

    yarn watch

*Note: Gitpod auto starts watching on each workspace startup, see [.gitpod.yml](.gitpod.yml)*

## Running tests

All tests can be run from cli with:

    yarn test

## Debugging tests

An individual ts spec file can be debugged in VS Code or Gitpod with `Mocha Tests` configuration:

- select a ts spec file, i.e. [repo.spec.ts](src/repo.spec.ts);

- add a breakpoint;

- press `F5` to run tests in the selected file.

[tsc is configured](tsconfig.json) to compile to `lib` folder and produce source maps.

[Mocha Test](.vscode/launch.json) configuration looks up source maps from the `lib` folder via `outFiles` property,

and executes tests from all files matching `**/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.js`,

e.g. for `src/repo.spec.ts` files matching `**/repo.spec.js` are included.