Sinon.JS

Test spies, stubs and mocks for JavaScript.

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Sinon.JS
    Sinon.JS

Standalone and test framework agnostic JavaScript test spies, stubs and mocks (pronounced "sigh-non", named after Sinon, the warrior).

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Compatibility


For details on compatibility and browser support, please see [COMPATIBILITY.md](COMPATIBILITY.md)

Installation


via npm

    $ npm install sinon

or via sinon's browser builds available for download on the homepage. There are also npm based CDNs one can use.

Usage


See the sinon project homepage for documentation on usage.

If you have questions that are not covered by the documentation, you can [check out the `sinon` tag on Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/sinon) or drop by #sinon.js on irc.freenode.net:6667.

You can also search through the Sinon.JS mailing list archives.

Goals


- No global pollution
- Easy to use
- Require minimal “integration”
- Easy to embed seamlessly with any testing framework
- Easily fake any interface
- Ship with ready-to-use fakes for XMLHttpRequest, timers and more

Contribute?


See CONTRIBUTING.md for details on how you can contribute to Sinon.JS

Backers


Support us with a monthly donation and help us continue our activities. [Become a backer]


Sponsors


Become a sponsor and get your logo on our README on GitHub with a link to your site. [Become a sponsor]


Licence


Sinon.js was released under BSD-3