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Component/integration test is a hybrid between E2E and unit tets. It's gaining a lot of popularity and going by the testing diamond model it is considered as the default technique for the modern backend. Its main idea is testing an entire component (e.g., Microservice) as-is, through the API, with all the layers including the database but fake anything extraneous. This brings both high confidence and great developer experience. However, doing it right, fast, exhaustive and maximizing the...

Nodeunit is a lightweight and simple unit testing framework for Node.js that follows a minimalistic approach inspired by traditional xUnit testing patterns. It allows developers to write test cases as plain JavaScript functions, making it easy to integrate into existing projects without requiring complex setup or configuration. The framework provides basic assertion methods and test runners that can execute tests sequentially or asynchronously. Nodeunit supports both synchronous and asynchronous tests, enabling developers to validate code that relies on callbacks or promises. ...