"just run my buster tests on `npm test`!" - "run-tests" should be in your project folder, as should "package.json". - "my-test1.js" assumed under test/ in your project folder

my-test1.js

var buster = require("buster"); // on Windows you may need require("buster-node"); instead
var assert = buster.assert;
var refute = buster.refute;

buster.testCase("test case 1", { 
  setUp: function() {
    // things to prepare before each test
  },
  tearDown: function() {
    // things to clean up after each test
  },
  
  "a passing test": function() {
    assert.equals(1, 1);
  },
  
  "a failing test": function() {
    refute.equals(1,1);
  },
  
  "an async test, callback will be called eventually": function(testDone) {
    var cp = require("child_process");
    cp.exec("echo foo", function(err, stdout, stderr) {
      assert(true); // your assertions here. with assert(true) we simply confirm that the callback was indeed called
      testDone(); // MUST call this to tell buster that we're finally done with the test
    })
  },
  
  "an async test, error from child_process.exec should be re-thrown": function(testDone) {
    var cp = require("child_process");
    var fnUnderTest = function(cmd) {
      cp.exec(cmd, function(err, stdout, stderr) {
        if (err)
          throw err;
      });
    };
    
    fnUnderTest("qumbl");
    
    // Now HOW do I assert that a "No-such-command" is thrown eventually?
  }
};

package.json (excerpt)

//...

scripts: {
  "test": "node ./run-tests"
  //...
}

//...

run-tests

#!/usr/bin/env node
 
require("./test/my-test1.js");
require("./test/my-test2.js");
require("./test/my-test3.js");
//...