Ember GetComponent Test Helper

Purpose

Simplify the process of selecting components within integration tests.

We do this by providing a simple API for getting component elements, instances and jQuery selectors.

This works by reopening Component to add a couple of data-test-* attributes to every component within the testing environment.

Motivation

We often need to target components within tests. So far we've done this by either manually adding a special .test-* class name or data-test-* attribute to the component. However, these are hard to manage and pollute production markup with unnecessary attributes or classes. By providing a simple API for accessing components by name or, optionally, a testAttr, we can simplify our tests.

Usage

Initialize the helper

// in test-helper.js
import getComponent from 'ember-get-component';
getComponent.init();

Add it to your test

import getComponent from 'ember-get-component';

Get all component DOM elements by their name

getComponent.elementByName('widget-item');

Get all component DOM elements by their testAttr

{{widget-item testAttr="specialWidget"}}

getComponent.elementByTestAttr('specialWidget');

Get a component instance from the Ember registry by name or testAttr

Note, these return only the instance for the first matching element.

getComponent.instanceByName('widget-item');
getComponent.instanceByTestAttr('specialWidget');

Get a component instance in this context from the Ember registry by the constructor

import WidgetItem from 'wherever';
getComponent.instanceByConstructor(WidgetItem);

Super Deluxe Debugging

The debugger provides a list of components by name and testAttr as well as cut-and-paste-ready mocha assertions for testing visibility. Use it as a starting point in your tests.

getComponent.debug();

Future improvements

• [x] Have debug group the output by component name and testId while providing a count.
• [ ] Consider adding a second param to elementsByName and elementsByAttr to provide jQuery scope.

How can this be better? Leave us feeback in an issue or, better yet, send us a Pull Request.