Mock/Test Mongodb Database Node.js

Question

I am learning nodejs and I have a mongodb database with which i have to interact with. I am currently thinking of using mocha for a unit test framework and zombie.js for a acce

Answer 1

There are some

http://mongodb.github.com/node-mongodb-native/github/github.html#test-helpers-and-libraries

but you might want to just search on github or ask in the google group as well.

Answer 2

If your database access is a separate module, you can mock out the module or parts of the module (e.g., the configuration part) using one of the following:

• sinon
• rewire
• horaa
• sandboxed-module

The answers to the following related question lists a number of possible solutions/approaches: How do you mock MySQL (without an ORM) in Node.js?

Answer 3

In order to spin up a real in-memory mongodb for testing, https://github.com/nodkz/mongodb-memory-server helps as well.