Is there a way to use experimental-loader

[secretlifeof]

Hello and thanks a lot for this extension. It seems to make working with tests more fun!

At work we need to use an experimental loader to load our tests because we are using an old module system (YUI). The loader walks thru all the imported modules and loads the dependencies.

To load launch the tests we usually call, but I would like to use Mocha test explorer instead :-)

MOJITO_AFFINITY=${npm_config_mojito_affinity:-server} mocha --no-warnings --experimental-modules --experimental-specifier-resolution=node --experimental-loader=./test/unit/loader.mjs --require=./test/unit/index.mjs --exit \"*/.${npm_config_mojito_affinity:-server}.test.mjs\"

I am able to implement require, but have not figured out how to implement experimental-loader. Is there a way to do that?

[hbenl]

These options are actually Node.js options that Mocha detects and passes on. This is currently not supported by this extension, but I plan to add support for Node.js options soon.

[secretlifeof]

Thanks a lot for the reply @hbenl. Then I will keep my eyes and this issue open until then. Looking forward to that feature.

[hbenl]

I have just published version 2.13.0 which lets you specify command line arguments for node using mochaExplorer.nodeArgv. Note that while you can define these options in your mocha configuration file (where they are picked up by mocha if you call it directly on the command line), this extension will currently not pick up node options from mocha config files, you'll have to add them to your VSCode settings with the mochaExplorer.nodeArgv option. Please tell me if this works for you.

[saviski]

I have tried using mochaExplorer.nodeArgv with "--loader ts-node/esm" but then configReader.js/readConfig() fails when it tries to creates a child process to execute loadConfig.js

it would be nice if we could include a loader parameter in mocha config file like this and have the loader parameter passed to mocha

package.json

{
"type": "module",
(...)
"mocha": {
    "loader": "ts-node/esm",  <------ this
    "extension": "ts",
    "spec": "test/**/*.test.ts"
  }
}

I can run my tests just calling mocha using this settings but can not get them to run using the extension

[hbenl]

@saviski did you set mochaExplorer.nodeArgv to ["--loader ts-node/esm"] or ["--loader", "ts-node/esm"]? The latter should be correct.

[saviski]

@saviski did you set mochaExplorer.nodeArgv to ["--loader ts-node/esm"] or ["--loader", "ts-node/esm"]? The latter should be correct.

["--loader ts-node/esm"]

I have debugged the extension to make some tests locally,

setting "mochaExplorer.nodeArgv": ["--loader ts-node/esm"]

readOptsUsingMocha function from optsReader.js calls https://github.com/hbenl/vscode-mocha-test-adapter/blob/070e170d583b029e1c2740c4baa89a3729587d78/src/optsReader.ts#L128

with the correct nodeArgv

but then this child process fails

[hbenl]

["--loader ts-node/esm"] is not the correct nodeArgv: it passes "--loader ts-node/esm" as one argument to node, but when you run node --loader ts-node/esm in a shell, the shell will pass 2 arguments ("--loader" and "ts-node/esm") to node. Try setting mochaExplorer.nodeArgv to ["--loader", "ts-node/esm"].

[sergburn]

I have tried using nodeArgv option as described above with testdouble/quibble loader and while the loader works just fine when executed from command line, the Test Explorer (original and native one) stays in infinite loop of refreshing test view. The output view shows this log:

[2021-11-20 09:42:41.009] [INFO] Loading test files of /Volumes/src/front/project
[2021-11-20 09:42:41.011] [DEBUG] Using working directory: /Volumes/src/front/project/server
[2021-11-20 09:42:41.011] [DEBUG] Using nodePath: /Users/user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node
[2021-11-20 09:42:41.550] [DEBUG] Using Mocha options: {"ui":"bdd","timeout":2000,"retries":0,"requires":["source-map-support/register"],"delay":false,"fullTrace":false,"exit":false,"asyncOnly":false,"parallel":false}
[2021-11-20 09:42:41.550] [DEBUG] Looking for test files ["server/test/**/*.test.js"] in /Volumes/src/front/project
[2021-11-20 09:42:41.552] [DEBUG] Found test files ["/Volumes/src/front/project/server/test/unit/lib/file1.test.js","/Volumes/src/front/project/server/test/unit/slp/file2.test.js","/Volumes/src/front/project/server/test/unit/slp/file3.test.js"]
[2021-11-20 09:42:41.552] [DEBUG] Using environment variables from config: {"NODE_ENV":"development"}
[2021-11-20 09:42:41.552] [DEBUG] Reading environment variables from /Volumes/src/front/project/server/config/test.env
[2021-11-20 09:42:41.555] [DEBUG] Spawning /Users/user/.vscode/extensions/hbenl.vscode-mocha-test-adapter-2.13.0/out/worker/bundle.js with IPC options {}

And that's it. That spawned process stays idling until it is killed:

1498677202 90810 89551   0 11:42AM ??         0:00.29 /Users/user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node --loader quibble --no-warnings /Users/user/.vscode/extensions/hbenl.vscode-mocha-test-adapter-2.13.0/out/worker/bundle.js {}

Extension config has this line:

  "mochaExplorer.nodeArgv": ["--loader", "quibble", "--no-warnings"],

Is it the issue with quibble loader or some bug in this extension?

[HdHeini]

I have the same behavior with testdouble/quibble and mocha test explorer. On the command line the same thing works as intended. A solution or a workaround would be very appreciated.