extend test object possible?

[cupito]

My test cases containing an repeating middle check part and I try to swap this to a separate file.

Everything works fine if I do

module.exports.middleCheck = function(test) {
  return test....;
};

But this leads to a very ugly code

'Do sth' : function(test) {
  test
    .open(url);
  middleCheck(test)
    .doSth()
   done();
};

I am stuck with implementing it as chain part

'Do sth' : function(test) {
  test
    .open(url);
    .middleCheck()
    .doSth()
   done();
};

Is there a possibilty to extend the test object with own defined prototype functions?

[asciidisco]

As for now, this isn't possible (and I also think that the code you posted isn't very ugly though, it actually makes quite clear what is happening, namely an external function call, not using some backed in internal stuff).

But nevertheless, we are talking about adding plugins that allow extending the test object, take a look here -> https://github.com/rodneyrehm/dalek-api#registering-an-action

[hadynz]

@asciidisco is there a way to extend Dalek today without plugins? When do you think that could possible be complete by?

I have an idea for a screenshot comparison plugin (similar to PhantomCSS) for DalekJS... would be great if I can talk about it with you on email or some forum

[hadynz]

Even though this missing feature is going to be covered in the new upcoming Dalek version, I've just released a stop-gap module measure to allow for easy action/assertion registration with the current Dalek framework - https://github.com/hadynz/dalek-pluginize