Example of using jake-lcm to define locomotive environment for testing a model

models.user.js

/* in the test/ folder of a locomotive app that is using jake-lcm  */
var mocha = require('mocha')
    , should = require('should')
    , lcm = require('jake-lcm')
    , User;

/* Assume there is a model in app/models/user.js with
 var userSchema = new Schema({
 display_name:  { type: String, required: true, index: true , trim: true}
 , email:          { type: String, required: true, trim: true}
 });
 module.exports = db.model('User', userSchema )
 */

before(function (done) {
    // Use jake-lcm to set up the environment

    lcm.exec(
        {
            initializers: ['00_generic', '02_mongoose', '03_models']
        },
        function () {
            var env = myapp.set('env');
            if (env !== 'test') {
                done(new Error("Error: Please set env to test (NODE_ENV=test) before running tests "));
            } else {
                console.log("Current env is " + env);
                done();
            }
        });
});

describe("User", function () {
    before(function (done) {
        User = myapp.User;
        done();
    })


    it("should save  valid user", function (done) {
        test_user = new User({ email: 'test@example.com', display_name: 'Joe Tester'});
        test_user.save(done);
    });

    it("should not raise validation error when given an an invalid user record", function (done) {
        test_user = new User({ email: 'test2@example.com' });
        test_user.save(function (err, test_user) {
            if (err) {
                err.name.should.equal('ValidationError');
            } else {
                throw "Failed to detect error in User record";
            }
            done();
        });
    })

});/* set up */
var mocha = require('mocha')
    , should = require('should')
    , lcm = require('jake-lcm')
    , User;

/* Assume there is a model in app/models/user.js with
 var userSchema = new Schema({
 display_name:  { type: String, required: true, index: true , trim: true}
 , email:          { type: String, required: true, trim: true}
 });
 module.exports = db.model('User', userSchema )
 */

before(function (done) {
    // Use jake-lcm to set up the environment

    lcm.exec(
        {
            initializers: ['00_generic', '02_mongoose', '03_models']
        },
        function () {
            var env = myapp.set('env');
            if (env !== 'test') {
                done(new Error("Error: Please set env to test (NODE_ENV=test) before running tests "));
            } else {
                console.log("Current env is " + env);
                done();
            }
        });
});

describe("User", function () {
    before(function (done) {
        User = myapp.User;
        done();
    })


    it("should save  valid user", function (done) {
        test_user = new User({ email: 'test@example.com', display_name: 'Joe Tester'});
        test_user.save(done);
    });

    it("should not raise validation error when given an an invalid user record", function (done) {
        test_user = new User({ email: 'test2@example.com' });
        test_user.save(function (err, test_user) {
            if (err) {
                err.name.should.equal('ValidationError');
            } else {
                throw "Failed to detect error in User record";
            }
            done();
        });
    })

});