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sudacode af44735bb8 refactor(main): move core layers into assemblies (#310)
* refactor(main): move first-run setup into an assembly

* refactor(main): move playback and subtitle pipeline state into an assembly

Moves the mpv runtime composer wiring together with the subtitle processing, prefetch, sidebar playback-state, seek-intent, secondary-subtitle and autoplay-priming state it mutates into createPlaybackAssembly. Replaces the main-wiring regex tests for the moved code with behaviour tests that drive real mpv events through a fake client.

* refactor(main): move overlay windows and visibility into an assembly

* refactor(main): read Electron screen lazily in the overlay assembly deps

* docs: describe overlay, playback, and first-run setup assemblies

* test(playback): clear scheduled prefetch refresh in warm-tokenization tests
2026-10-31 22:04:42 -07:00

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Testing Guidelines

Status: active
Last verified: 2026-10-04
Owner: Kyle Yasuda
Read when: adding or changing tests

Which lanes to run lives in Verification. This page covers what a good test looks like here.

Test Behavior, Not Wiring

  • Exercise a module through its public interface and assert outcomes: return values, resulting state, files written, rows in sqlite, messages sent to a fake process.
  • Prefer real collaborators that are cheap: tmp dirs, in-memory or tmp sqlite, fake executables, pure parsers. Fake only the edges (Electron, mpv socket, network).
  • Assert call order only when order is the behavior (startup sequencing, ABA races), and then assert relative order, not the whole call log.

Do Not Write

  • Pass-through tests: a handler or adapter that only forwards deps (*-runtime-handlers.ts) needs no test. TypeScript already checks the shape.
  • Source-text tests: reading .ts, .css, .html, .lua, .swift, or workflow YAML and asserting with regexes. If the invariant matters, extract the logic and run it (see src/preload-ipc-listeners.ts). Policy lints over workflow YAML are the exception and belong in one parsed-YAML check.
  • "Stays deleted" tests for removed modules, flags, or selectors. tsc and review catch reintroduction.
  • Tests that restate constants, defaults, labels, or window options.
  • The same rule at several layers. Test a rule once where it lives; keep one end-to-end case (for the tokenizer, the golden corpus) for integration.

Keep Tests Small

  • Shared setup goes in a makeDeps(overrides) helper or a *-test-harness.ts file, not pasted into every test.
  • Near-identical cases become a table: for (const c of cases) test(c.name, ...).
  • Inject timers, clocks, and loggers instead of patching globals or private members.
  • A bug fix gets a regression test for the behavior that broke, named after the behavior, not the ticket.

Known Debt

  • src/main/main-wiring.test.ts and src/renderer/renderer-init-order.test.ts still regex main.ts / renderer.ts to guard startup ordering. Replace each test with a behavioral one as the logic moves out of main.ts closures.
  • src/main/runtime/overlay-geometry-runtime.ts and src/main/runtime/visible-overlay-interaction-runtime.ts value-import Electron, so they cannot load under bun test and stay outside src/main/assemblies/overlay.ts. Inject screen/dialog to make them testable and movable.