Unit testing with ExtendScript

[peternepp]

Hi there,

did someone successfully implemented an unit testing workflow with ExtendScript in After Effects. I wonder if there's a proper way doing this?

I mean Adobe is using some test code in their Javascript SDK examples ("ColorSelector.jsx" it's taken from the ExtendedToolkit SDK), like:

/**
 "main program": construct an anonymous instance and run it
  as long as we are not unit-testing this snippet.
*/
if(typeof(ColorSelector_unitTest ) == "undefined") {
	new ColorSelector().run();
}

But there is no further indication or explanation how they are working with unit tests so far. 

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Peter

[Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew]

Where is this snippet from?

You'd need to find a unit test library that's ES3 compatible for it to work in ExtendScript, or else write your own as far as I know.

[peternepp]

Hi Justin,

the snippet is from "ColorSelector.jsx" included from the ExtendedToolkit SDK. Most of the sample scripts provided in the SDK having a similiar code.

Writing my own framework is out of the question of the moment, so any suggestions what available unit test framework could be compatible?

[peternepp]

Find this project on github:

https://github.com/cobhimself/Before-Effects

It also includes a custom made test framework for ExtendScript. I didn't test it yet, but I'll give it a try soon.

Cheers.