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JavaScript JavaScript Unit Testing Behavior Driven Development with Mocha & Chai General Structure of Test Files

Posted by babyoscar
babyoscar
12,930 Points

Why is npm test throwing error but mocha test works?

When I run npm test after setting up my workspace like the teacher's, it throws this error:

> workspace@1.0.0 test /home/treehouse/workspace                                               
> mocha                                                                                        

/home/treehouse/workspace/node_modules/mocha/lib/mocha.js:1215                                 
  for await (const fixtureFn of fixtureFns) {                                                  
      ^^^^^                                                                                    

SyntaxError: Unexpected reserved word                                                          
    at createScript (vm.js:80:10)                                                              
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)                                                  
    at Module._compile (module.js:617:28)                                                      
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:664:10)                                        
    at Module.load (module.js:566:32)                                                          
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:506:12)                                                        
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:498:3)                                                 
    at Module.require (module.js:597:17)                                                       
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)                                                      
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/treehouse/workspace/node_modules/mocha/lib/cli/one-and-dones.j
s:12:15)                                                                                       
npm ERR! Test failed.  See above for more details.

, but when I run mocha test, it returns 

0 passing (2ms)

Why is this happening?

Paul Messmer
Paul Messmer
15,023 Points

Can I see your JS code? Are you calling this in a async function?

babyoscar
babyoscar
12,930 Points

I already went on with different videos, using mocha test, so I think my workspace code is ahead of this video's. My code is exactly the same as the teacher's code. Also, it seems like the problem is in mocha.js, which is not my code.

Paul Messmer
Paul Messmer
15,023 Points

Oh ok I'm glad you figured it out!

1 Answer

babyoscar
babyoscar
12,930 Points
babyoscar
babyoscar
12,930 Points

Yes, also it must've been something with the workspace I had (or maybe my code), because it provided the teacher's code after this section of the course, and when I run npm test it works fine.