Replace Jasmine with Mocha + Chai

[justincy]

They are more flexible than Jasmine. I especially like how Chai has more built-in asserts/expectations.

[bean5]

Hey, @justincy. I don't maintain things in this project, but I do follow the project a little. I have been studying Jasmine and Mocha+Chai for a bit. I only read up on them enough to know they are remarkably similar. Are Mocha + Chai better followed now? Besides more built-in asserts/expectations, do you know of anything that mocha+chai do better than Jasmine?

[justincy]

Are Mocha + Chai better followed now?

Yes.

Besides more built-in asserts/expectations...

I just want to note that this is a big deal. While writing tests for the new places API on Friday, Jasmine's lack of useful asserts prevented me from testing as fully as I would have with Chai.

do you know of anything that mocha+chai do better than Jasmine?

Not really. I can think of trivial things, such as not requiring all files to have the same suffix. In the end it's a combination of wanting better asserts and having a strong personal bias in favor of Mocha.

[bean5]

That is good to know. Flexibility does sound like a plus. I keep hearing Mocha + Chai more than I hear Jasmine. Thanks.