How can I write parameterized tests with open source testcafe? - testing

Question

I found a lot of introductions to parameterized tests/ test cases for test cafe, but the syntax is completely different to the one I am using. I guess they're for the discontinued paid version. How can I do the same thing with the free version? I'm not looking for user roles specifically, I want to write tests with parameters in general.

Answer 1

Do you want to do something like this?
This works for me perfectly
import { Selector } from 'testcafe';
fixture `Your fixture`
.page `http://some_url.com`
const testCases = [
{ name: 'name1', param: 'param1' },
{ name: 'name2', param: 'param2' }
...
];
for (const c of testCases) {
test(`Test ${c.name}`, async t => {
yourTestMethod(c.param)
});
}

Answer 2

An additional twist can be added by using a combination of JS and YAML
import YamlTableReader, {fixtureData, TestData} from "./YamlTableReader";
var table = fixtureData `
| ID | N1 | N2 | Equals |
| Should Be equal | 1 | 1 | true |
| Shouldn't be equal | 1 | 2 | false |
| Shouldn't be equal | 1 | "hans" | false |
| Should be equal | hans | "hans" | true |
`;
table.forEach(row => {
test('Should be equal', t => {
row["Equals"] == (row["N1"] === row["N2"]));
}
});
Simple Sources for this can be found here https://github.com/deicongmbh/jasmine-param-tests