Jest in Webstorm fails when importing an enum from a lib in the repo
See original GitHub issueCurrent Behavior
Not sure its Nx related **
When running a unit test using Webstorm, it fails when the test includes an import of an enum from a lib in the repo.
However, if I only import an interface / class / type, it does not fail.
When running yarn test everything passes successfully even with the enum.
I searched for related tickets in ts-jest / babel-jest but couldn’t find anything specific.
Expected Behavior
Tests will pass successfully
Steps to Reproduce
https://github.com/FrozenPandaz/nx-examples/tree/enum-jest
- Create a new repo with React app
- Create a lib inside it
- Add an interface and an enum to the exports of the lib
- Go to app.tsx and import the interface only
- Run the tests in app.spec.tsx from Webstorm - it passes successfully
- Now add the import of the enum, and run tests again - it will fail
Failure Logs
Test suite failed to run
Jest encountered an unexpected token
Jest failed to parse a file. This happens e.g. when your code or its dependencies use non-standard JavaScript syntax, or when Jest is not configured to support such syntax.
Out of the box Jest supports Babel, which will be used to transform your files into valid JS based on your Babel configuration.
By default "node_modules" folder is ignored by transformers.
Here's what you can do:
• If you are trying to use ECMAScript Modules, see https://jestjs.io/docs/ecmascript-modules for how to enable it.
• To have some of your "node_modules" files transformed, you can specify a custom "transformIgnorePatterns" in your config.
• If you need a custom transformation specify a "transform" option in your config.
• If you simply want to mock your non-JS modules (e.g. binary assets) you can stub them out with the "moduleNameMapper" config option.
You'll find more details and examples of these config options in the docs:
https://jestjs.io/docs/configuration
For information about custom transformations, see:
https://jestjs.io/docs/code-transformation
Details:
../../libs/api/src/index.ts:1
({"Object.<anonymous>":function(module,exports,require,__dirname,__filename,jest){export * from './lib/api';
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'export'
4 | import star from './star.svg';
5 |
> 6 | import { InterfaceProps, InterfaceEnum } from '@enum-import/api';
| ^
7 |
8 | export function App() {
9 | const props: InterfaceProps = { name: 'D' };
at Runtime.createScriptFromCode (../../node_modules/jest-runtime/build/index.js:1479:14)
at Object.<anonymous> (src/app/app.tsx:6:1)
Environment
Node : 14.16.1
OS : darwin x64
yarn : 1.22.10
nx : Not Found
@nrwl/angular : Not Found
@nrwl/cli : 12.7.1
@nrwl/cypress : 12.7.1
@nrwl/devkit : 12.7.1
@nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx : 12.7.1
@nrwl/express : Not Found
@nrwl/jest : 12.7.1
@nrwl/linter : 12.7.1
@nrwl/nest : Not Found
@nrwl/next : Not Found
@nrwl/node : Not Found
@nrwl/nx-cloud : Not Found
@nrwl/react : 12.7.1
@nrwl/schematics : Not Found
@nrwl/tao : 12.7.1
@nrwl/web : 12.7.1
@nrwl/workspace : 12.7.1
@nrwl/storybook : 12.7.1
@nrwl/gatsby : Not Found
typescript : 4.3.5
Issue Analytics
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- Created 2 years ago
- Reactions:3
- Comments:8 (2 by maintainers)
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It is time consuming to figure out the workaround, and a bit awkward to always ensure that working-dir is set to root when running tests from a JetBrains product, so it would be very useful to have this issue fixed
Managed to overcome this.
Edit configuration templates(left bottom)JestWorking directoryis a root directory of your project