docs: document conditional test-suite abort in BDD tutorial#3115
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Adds a section after beforeAll/afterAll covering two patterns for aborting a test suite when a precondition (e.g. database connectivity) isn't met: throwing from beforeAll, and using the `ignore` option on describe/it. Closes #2984
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API claim checks out — DescribeDefinition/ItDefinition extend Omit<Deno.TestDefinition, "fn"> in @std/testing/bdd (v1.0.18), so ignore?: boolean is inherited and the (name, { ignore }, fn) overload is real. The two patterns (throw-from-beforeAll for hard failures, ignore for expected-missing preconditions) are the right framing — Deno.test's own docs make the same distinction.
lint and link check is still in progress; holding approval until it lands green.
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last_modified: 2026-02-03not bumped — 72-line content addition is substantive. - nit: #3111 also rewrites this file's
beforeAll/afterAllexample. The new section here is inserted right after that example, so merge order matters. Worth coordinating with @bartlomieju.
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Thanks for the review! Addressed nit 1: bumped On nit 2 (#3111 overlap): the new sub-section here only inserts after the existing |
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Confirmed: the lint failure reproduces on #3117/#3118/#3119 with the same Cannot resolve module "lume/jsx-runtime" against /styleguide/typography.mdx — MDX-engine/config issue, not this PR. deploy/deno/docs (the actual site build) is green.
last_modified bump landed. Holding at COMMENT — repo rules require green CI for APPROVE. Will flip when the lint pipeline clears.
# Conflicts: # examples/tutorials/bdd.md
Summary
The BDD tutorial covers
beforeAll/afterAllfor setting up a databaseconnection but doesn't address what happens when that connection (or
another precondition) fails before the suite runs. A reader flagged this
gap via the docs feedback widget on the BDD tutorial page:
This PR adds a short sub-section right after
beforeAll/afterAllcovering two patterns:
beforeAll— fails the suite loudly so CI surfacesthe missing precondition as a real error.
ignoreoption ondescribe/it— compute aboolean once at the top of the file (e.g.
const dbReachable = await isDatabaseReachable()) and pass{ ignore: !dbReachable }to thedescribeblock, so the suite is reported as ignored instead offailed when the precondition is expected to be unmet locally.
The example uses the same
Database.connect(TEST_CONNECTION_STRING)shape as the existing
beforeAll/afterAllexample for consistency.Test plan
deno fmtpasses onexamples/tutorials/bdd.md.@std/testing/bdd(v1.0.18) — thedescribe(name, { ignore }, fn)andit(name, { ignore }, fn)overloads exist and
ignoreis forwarded toDeno.TestDefinition.Upstream: #2984
Closes bartlomieju/orchid-inbox#59