19 Best Practices for Node.js Automation Testing

This article discusses best practices for Node.js automation testing in 2024, emphasizing the importance of robust web applications or websites. It covers a complex weather forecast application as an example and demonstrates how to initialize a simple test in Node.js. The author then outlines several best practices for testing Node.js, including isolated and atomic tests, meaningful naming conventions, use of assertions, utilization of test runners, focus on test coverage, use of plugins for test coverage, analysis of the test coverage report, use of mutation testing, checking plagiarism on tests, use of realistic inputs, use of linters, property-based testing, use of Chai library, checking for exceptional scenarios, following the testing pyramid, component testing, keeping infrastructure issues in mind, going parallel, automating dependency updates, and using an online Selenium grid for cross-browser testing.