From 57852366bb60120a2aacaa47d34f4915dec0a1ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zeke Sikelianos Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 22:22:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] mention building before testing --- docs/development/build-system-overview.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/development/build-system-overview.md b/docs/development/build-system-overview.md index 4a755dddeeb6..e2d1d7f8f3c3 100644 --- a/docs/development/build-system-overview.md +++ b/docs/development/build-system-overview.md @@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ Test functionality using: $ npm test ``` +Whenever you make changes to Electron source code, you'll need to re-run the +build before the tests: + +```bash +$ npm run build && npm test +``` + You can make the test suite run faster by isolating the specific test or block you're currently working on using Mocha's [exclusive tests](https://mochajs.org/#exclusive-tests) feature: