🧪 Japa extension for VSCode
Features
- Run tests without typing anything. Either with a shortcut, or via Code Lenses
- "See snapshot" codelens to quickly see the snapshot of a test ( for @japa/snapshot )
- Support multiple workspaces
- Support Javascript, Typescript, ESM, CJS
- Works with Adonis.js projects using Japa
- Snippets
Demo

Configuration
tests.npmScript : The npm script to run when executing tests. Defaults to test
i.e if you set it to test:unit , the extension will run npm run test:unit --flags when executing tests
tests.enableCodeLens : Show CodeLenses above each test. Defaults to true
tests.watchMode : Run tests in watch mode when executed via shortcut/codelens. Defaults to false
tests.filePattern : The glob pattern to use when searching for tests. Defaults to **/*.{test,spec}.{ts,js}
misc.useUnixCd : Use Unix-style cd for windows terminals ( Useful when using Cygwin or Git Bash )
Keybindings
ctrl+shift+t : Run the test at the cursor position
ctrl+shift+f : Run the test file in the active editor
These keybindings can be easily changed in your VSCode configuration :
- F1 -> Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts
- Type
japa-vscode in the search bar
- Change the
japa-vscode.runTest or japa-vscode.runTestFile keybindings
Snippets
All snippets are prefixed with ja: . Give it a try in your editor to see what's available.
Contributing
- See contributing guide
- Clone the project and open it in VS Code
- Run
npm install
- Press
F5 to open a new VSCode window with your extension loaded.
- You can relaunch the extension from the debug toolbar after changing code in
src/index.ts .
- You can also reload (
Ctrl+R or Cmd+R on Mac) the VS Code window with your extension to load your changes.
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