20250831_iobroker_testing_51.md

Upgrade to @iobroker/testing 5.1.1 and remove redundant dependencies

@iobroker/testing version 5.1.1 now includes many test dependencies that were previously required to be manually added to adapter projects. This update allows you to clean up your package.json file by removing redundant dependencies.

Update @iobroker/testing version

Update the @iobroker/testing version in your package.json devDependencies:

  "devDependencies": {
-   "@iobroker/testing": "^4.1.3",
+   "@iobroker/testing": "^5.1.1",
    // ... other dependencies
  },

Remove redundant test dependencies

The following dependencies can now be removed from your package.json devDependencies since they are included in @iobroker/testing 5.1.1:

Runtime test dependencies:

  "devDependencies": {
-   "chai": "^4.5.0",
-   "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.2",
-   "mocha": "^11.7.1",
-   "sinon": "^19.0.5",
-   "sinon-chai": "^3.7.0",
-   "proxyquire": "^2.1.3",
    // ... other dependencies
  },

Type definitions:

  "devDependencies": {
-   "@types/chai": "^4.3.20",
-   "@types/chai-as-promised": "^8.0.2",
-   "@types/mocha": "^10.0.10",
-   "@types/sinon": "^17.0.4",
-   "@types/sinon-chai": "^3.2.12",
-   "@types/proxyquire": "^1.3.31",
    // ... other dependencies
  },

After the changes

After making these changes:

1. Delete your node_modules folder and package-lock.json file
2. Run npm install to reinstall dependencies with the updated versions
3. Run npm test to verify everything still works correctly

All testing functionality remains unchanged as the dependencies are now provided by @iobroker/testing 5.1.1.