How do you run mocha tests in the browser? - javascript

Is it just me, or does their documentation not explain how to run the tests in the browser at all?
Do I have to create that HTML file that they show in the example? How do I make it run my specific set of test cases for my project then?
I want the same output as running mocha from project root. All subdirectories inside the test folder need to be included

If we need to run our tests in a browser, we need to set up a simple HTML page to be our test runner page. The page loads Mocha, the testing libraries and our actual test files. To run the tests, we’ll simply open the runner in a browser.
example html code :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Mocha Tests</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="node_modules/mocha/mocha.css">
</head>
<body>
<div id="mocha"></div>
<script src="node_modules/mocha/mocha.js"></script>
<script src="node_modules/chai/chai.js"></script>
<script>mocha.setup('bdd')</script>
<!-- load code you want to test here -->
<!-- load your test files here -->
<script>
mocha.run();
</script>
</body>
</html>
Setting up a Directory Structure
You should put your tests in a separate directory from your main code files. This makes it easier to structure them, for example if you want to add other types of tests in the future (such as integration tests or functional tests).
The most popular practice with JavaScript code is to have a directory called test/ in your project’s root directory. Then, each test file is placed under test/someModuleTest.js.
Important things :
We load Mocha’s CSS styles to give our test results nice formatting.
We create a div with the ID mocha. This is where the test results are
inserted.
We load Mocha and Chai. They are located in subfolders of the
node_modules folder since we installed them via npm.
By calling mocha.setup, we make Mocha’s testing helpers available.
Then, we load the code we want to test and the test files. We don’t
have anything here just yet.
Last, we call mocha.run to run the tests. Make sure you call this
after loading the source and test files

I thought the documentation wasn't entirely clear too, but I figured it out eventually and got it set up. Here's how:
Include the Mocha script and CSS in Index.html. Also include a div with id "Mocha" for the output to be inserted into. Include the test script you'd like to execute.
<link href="lib/mocha/mocha.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="lib/mocha/mocha.js"></script>
<script src="test/my_mocha_test.js"></script>
<div id="mocha"></div>
In your test file (my_mocha_test.js in this example) include this setup line at the top:
// 'bdd' stands for "behavior driven development"
mocha.setup('bdd');
Now with the test and the Mocha content all loaded, you can run the tests with this command:
mocha.run();
You can add that to an event listener and trigger it on a button push or other event, or you can just run it from the console, but it should put the test output in the div with the "mocha" id. Here's a page with all this set up with code viewable on GitHub for you to
https://captainstack.github.io/public-stackhouse/

My way to do it with:
ES6, import, export, chai
Used mocha 6.1.4 and chai 4.2.0.
src/MyClass.js:
export default class MyClass { }
test/MyClass.js:
import MyClass from "../src/MyClass.js";
let assert = chai.assert;
describe('MyClass tests', function () {
describe('The class', function () {
it('can be instantiated', function () {
assert.isObject(new MyClass());
});
});
});
test/index.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Mocha</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="mocha.css">
<script src="mocha.js"></script>
<script src="../node_modules/chai/chai.js"></script>
<script type="module" class="mocha-init">
mocha.setup('bdd');
</script>
<!-- ------------------------------------ -->
<script type="module" src="test.js"></script>
<!-- ------------------------------------ -->
<script type="module">
mocha.run();
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="mocha"></div>
</body>
</html>
The mocha.js and mocha.css files were created via mocha init test, but can also be found in node_modules/mocha.
If this is improvable, let me know. The answer is insprired by this post.

Here's the most basic chai/mocha test in the browser.
mocha.setup('bdd');
describe('test', () => {
it('passes', () => {
chai.expect(1).to.eql(1);
});
it('fails', () => {
chai.expect(1).to.eql(2);
});
});
mocha.run();
<div id="mocha" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mocha/8.0.1/mocha.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/chai/4.2.0/chai.min.js"></script>

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I have googled some solutions,
and I have change my angular.json file just like this:
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but it was not working.
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Best Regards,
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Cannot call module's function after browserify

I'm trying to make simple page with JS module that will do something with the page. I need to use node.js's modules so I'm learning how to browserify works.
My HTML:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="js/bundle.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Hello world!</p>
<script type="text/javascript">
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test.init();
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</body>
</html>
This is my JavaScript (test.js):
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I'm making a bundle with:
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EDIT
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"use strict";
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<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="js/bundle.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Hello world!</p>
<script type="text/javascript">
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</body>
</html>

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I'm very new, (a total newb) to both AngularJS and BDD testing with Jasmine. My goal for this weekend is to become a little more competent with both.
I'm currently following the tutorial that's available on the angularJS site and I'm working on the files locally. In Chapter 2 it briefly touches on creating Angular tests with Jasmine.
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IIS doesn't serve content in the /bin directory.
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