Testing mongodb queries in node.js

Question

I'm trying to test my mongoDB queries in node.js. I'm using the native mongodb driver . Up until recently I was using tingodb . But this module is not supporting node mongodb 2.x.

So as far as I'm concernded I have two options 1. Not to update my mongoDB node module to 2.x (currently using 1.4). This is obviously a bad idea. 2. In my tests, I can either connect to a local mongoDB instance and test my code using it. The downside is that the tests might run slower. 3. Write some node code that will start/stop a mongo process on the local machine

What would be the best approach? Am I missing another npm mondule that can solve my problem?

Answer 1

Why not mongoose ?

Installation:

  npm install mongoose --save

Usage:

var mongoose = require('mongoose');
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/test');

var Cat = mongoose.model('Cat', { name: String });

var kitty = new Cat({ name: 'Zildjian' });
kitty.save(function (err) {
  if (err) {
    console.log(err);
  } else {
    console.log('meow');
  }
});

A good tutorial is here