Enforce expectation (missing-expect)

A test which doesn't make any expectations doesn't really test anything.

Rule details

This rule triggers a warning if no expectations are made. This rule is disabled by default.

An array of expect function names may be passed to the configuration of this rule. By default only expect is used.

Default configuration

The following patterns are considered warnings:

it('should do something', function() {});

The following patterns are not warnings:

it('should do something', function() {
  expect(something).toBeDone();
});

AngularJS `$httpBackend` example

configuration

rules:
  missing-expect:
    - 2
    - expect()
    - $httpBackend.expect()
    - $httpBackend.expectDELETE()
    - $httpBackend.expectGET()
    - $httpBackend.expectJSONP()
    - $httpBackend.expectHEAD()
    - $httpBackend.expectPATCH()
    - $httpBackend.expectPOST()
    - $httpBackend.expectPUT()

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