API Comparison

Get an up-to-date picture of how Best's API compares to Jest and Pest. See what is supported, what isn't, and what will be in the future.

• ✅️: Done
• 🖥️: In progress
• 📋️: Planning
• 🤷‍♂️: Researching
• ❌️: Won't do

Testing Functions

Function	Jest	Pest	Best
describe	✅️	✅️	✅️
expect	✅️	✅️	✅️
it	✅️	✅️	✅️
test	✅️	✅️	❌️

Hooks

Hook	Jest	Pest	Best
afterAll	✅️	✅️	📋️
afterEach	✅️	✅️	📋️
beforeAll	✅️	✅️	📋️
beforeEach	✅️	✅️	📋️

Modifiers

Modifier	Jest	Pest	Best
and	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
concurrent	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
dd	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
ddUnless	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
ddWhen	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
each	✅️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
failing	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
json	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
match	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
not	✅️	✅️	✅️
only	✅️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
ray	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
sequence	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
skip	✅️	✅️	✅️
todo	✅️	✅️	✅️
unless	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
when	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️

Asynchronous Modifiers

Modifier	Jest	Pest	Best
resolves	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
rejects	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️

Matchers

Matcher	Jest	Pest	Best
toBe	✅️	✅️	✅️
toBeAlpha	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeAlphaNumeric	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeArray	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeBase64	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeBetween	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeBool	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeCallable	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeCamelCase	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeCloseTo	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toBeDefined	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toBeDigits	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeDomain	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeEmail	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeEmpty	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeFalse	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeFalsy	✅️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeFile	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeFloat	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeGreaterThan	✅️	✅️	📋️
toBeGreaterThanOrEqual	✅️	✅️	📋️
toBeHexadecimal	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeHostname	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeIn	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeInfinite	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeInstanceOf	✅️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeInt	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeIpAddress	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeIterable	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeJson	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeKebabCase	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeLessThan	✅️	✅️	📋️
toBeLessThanOrEqual	✅️	✅️	📋️
toBeLowercase	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeMacAddress	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeNaN	✅️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeNull	✅️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeNumeric	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeObject	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeReadableDirectory	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeReadableFile	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeResource	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeScalar	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeSnakeCase	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeString	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeStudlyCase	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeTrue	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeTruthy	✅️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeUlid	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeUndefined	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toBeUppercase	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeUrl	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeUuid	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeWritableDirectory	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toBeWritableFile	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toContain	✅️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toContainEqual	✅️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toContainOnlyInstancesOf	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toEndWith	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toEqual	✅️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toEqualCanonicalizing	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toEqualWithDelta	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveCamelCaseKeys	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveCount	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveKebabCaseKeys	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveKey	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveKeys	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveLength	✅️	✅️	✅️
toHaveProperties	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveProperty	✅️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveSameSize	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveSnakeCaseKeys	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveStudlyCaseKeys	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toMatch	✅️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toMatchArray	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toMatchConstraint	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toMatchInlineSnapshot	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toMatchObject	✅️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toMatchSnapshot	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toStartWith	❌️	✅️	🤷‍♂️
toStrictEqual	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toThrow	✅️	✅️	✅️
toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️

Mock functions

Function	Jest	Pest	Best
toHaveBeenCalled	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveBeenCalledTimes	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveBeenCalledWith	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveBeenLastCalledWith	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveBeenNthCalledWith	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveLastReturnedWith	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveNthReturnedWith	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveReturned	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveReturnedTimes	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️
toHaveReturnedWith	✅️	❌️	🤷‍♂️

Asymmetric Matchers

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Assertion Count

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Extend Utilities

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Matcher State

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Serializable properties

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