kostonstyle
Hi all
Can someone please explain me what the tags mean here?
setup tags do
{:ok, conn: Phoenix.ConnTest.build_conn()}
end
Thanks
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hubertlepicki
Read this:
http://blog.simonstrom.xyz/elixir-testing-tag-tests-in-exunit/
usually it’s called “context” not “tags” because it is basically current test metadata that can be set either by testing framework/lib or you, manually, specifying tag.
ericmj
The argument to
setupis the “test context” which contains all metadata for the currently running test [1]. Tests can be tagged and those tags will live in the context [2].[1] ExUnit.Case — ExUnit v1.20.2
[2] ExUnit.Case — ExUnit v1.20.2
arcanemachine
That link is dead. Here’s an archived version for anyone else who stumbles on this thread: