better db interaction tests with jasmine

buckets.spec.coffee

mongodb = require 'mongodb'
Buckets = require '../../models/buckets'

describe 'buckets', () ->
  
  # suite wide db object
  db = null

  # db setup
  beforeEach ->

    Db = mongodb.Db
    Connection = mongodb.Connection
    Server = mongodb.Server
    mongodb_host = process.env.MONGO_NODE_DRIVER_HOST || 'localhost'
    mongodb_port = process.env.MONGO_NODE_DRIVER_PORT || Connection.DEFAULT_PORT

    server = new Server mongodb_host, mongodb_port, {}
    db = new Db 'bucket_app_test', server, 
          native_parser: true

    db.open (err, db) ->
      if err
        throw err

    waitsFor -> db.serverConfig.connected

    # matchers
    @addMatchers 
      toBeAnArray: () ->
        return @actual instanceof Array

  # db close
  afterEach ->

    db.close()

  describe 'a buckets instance', () ->

    buckets = null
    UNLIMITED_USER = null
    LIMITED_USER = null

    beforeEach ->
    # create buckets instance      
      buckets = Buckets.init db, 'buckets'

      # users
      UNLIMITED_USER = 
        _id: new db.bson_serializer.ObjectID '4e7cc3fb53a9715214d516e6'
        name: 'unlimited_user'
        email: 'unlimited@user.com'
        limit: 0

      LIMITED_USER = 
        _id: new db.bson_serializer.ObjectID '4e7cc3fb53a9715214d516e7'
        name: 'limited_user'
        email: 'limited@user.com'
        limit: 10240 # 10 MB

    afterEach ->
    # drop collection to avoid tests to interfere
      buckets.collection.drop

    it 'should have a collection property', () ->
      expect(buckets.collection).not.toBeNull()
      expect(buckets.collection).toBeDefined()

    it 'should have an empty list at first', () ->
      loaded = false

      buckets.list UNLIMITED_USER, (err, info) ->
        expect(err).toBeNull()
        expect(info).toBeDefined()

        expect(info.buckets).toBeDefined()
        expect(info.number).toBeDefined()
        expect(info.totalSize).toBeDefined()

        expect(info.buckets).toBeAnArray()
        expect(info.buckets.length).toEqual(0)
        expect(info.number).toEqual(0)
        expect(info.totalSize).toEqual(0)

        loaded = true

      waitsFor -> loaded

Du solltest ein anderes Testframework nutzen ... Das hat nen schlechte Namen ;)

ich hab das framework jetzt schon mehrfach gewechselt und werde jetzt dabei bleiben, sry ;) aber du kannst ja einen fork machen und es Henriette nennen :D