Anyone tried dynamodb local to run tests with jest...
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Stan
09/14/2021, 6:26 PMAnyone tried dynamodb local to run tests with jest? I'm trying to use this one: https://github.com/shelfio/jest-dynamodb
but SST seems to not allow configuring Jest presets
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Frank
09/14/2021, 7:21 PM
Hey @Stan, lemme get some help
Frank
09/14/2021, 7:21 PM
@thdxr are you familiar with jest presets?
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gio
09/14/2021, 7:34 PMis there any benefit using sst to use a dynamodb local instance instead a remote one?
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Stan
09/14/2021, 7:48 PMAt the moment I'm still trying to evaluate. I'm kind of used to tdd way of dev, and I would like to be able to test my dynamodb related code while I'm writing - with dynamo its not always obvious what will be the response, so I prefer to test against dynamo during development instead of mocking. I'm also having now the test which connects directly to remote dynamo. The thing is, I would like to create the table before the test, run test that operates on the table and then delete the table - this way I'm targeting to be able to have one table per test, so I can run them in parallel. Now the benefits of local - same would be faster, you don't need to wait until the table is in Active state, and there is almost no delay on GSI (no consistent reads on GSI, so in test you need to wait)
Stan
09/14/2021, 7:51 PMI've read some discussions here already, I heard some folks are deleting all the records from the table using scan first, which is probably faster, but then probably not so easy to run tests in parallel
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thdxr
09/14/2021, 8:14 PMHey I actually used local dynamo for tests
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Stan
09/14/2021, 8:23 PMDid u download the jar manually, run it and then just connect from jest, or you are using some package like dynamodb-local or jest-dynamodb to automate that?
Stan
09/14/2021, 8:32 PMbtw, this is the error message I get when I follow this docs https://jestjs.io/docs/dynamodb
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thdxr
09/14/2021, 8:45 PMI ran it through docker, didn't use any package just set the environment variable for it to look locally. Ultimately I abandoned it and just use a cloud dynamo table
thdxr
09/14/2021, 8:47 PMI also don't use SST test I call jest directly
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Stan
09/14/2021, 9:16 PMThanks @thdxr, I actually might end up doing the same thing
Stan
09/14/2021, 9:43 PMI've found a workaround to make this working with standard SST test setup - sharing here in case anyone else would be interested.
Instead of {"preset": "@shelf/jest-dynamodb"} suggested in docs, use this:
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"jest": {
"globalSetup": "./node_modules/@shelf/jest-dynamodb/setup.js",
"globalTeardown": "./node_modules/@shelf/jest-dynamodb/teardown.js"
},t
thdxr
09/14/2021, 10:09 PMNice
thdxr
09/14/2021, 10:16 PMWe have to look at our jest implementation deeper. Shouldn't have to work around it
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Stan
09/14/2021, 10:52 PMActually, I think there is not much to do. I had a look on the file of the preset, and it seems it's just simple js object that simplifies configurations with some... presets 🙂 Now seems more reasonable that multiple presets are not allowed
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module.exports = {
globalSetup: resolve(__dirname, './setup.js'),
globalTeardown: resolve(__dirname, './teardown.js'),
testEnvironment: resolve(__dirname, './environment.js')
};Stan
09/14/2021, 11:04 PMFinally i was able to compare timing on both approaches. I run same jest test:
-create table
-create entity
-query main table
-query gsi
-some expects
-delete table
Remote dynamo needs approx 25s, local dynamo needs approx 5s to run such test.
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thdxr
09/14/2021, 11:05 PMHm I don't think I saw as much of a gap
thdxr
09/14/2021, 11:05 PMOh you're creating the table in the test?
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Stan
09/14/2021, 11:09 PMyep, and this is the most time consuming
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thdxr
09/14/2021, 11:13 PMthat makes sense