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Test for Truthiness

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--description--

As a reminder, this project is being built upon the following starter project cloned from <a href="https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-mochachai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">GitHub</a>.

isTrue() will test for the boolean value true and isNotTrue() will pass when given anything but the boolean value of true.

js
assert.isTrue(true, 'This will pass with the boolean value true');
assert.isTrue('true', 'This will NOT pass with the string value "true"');
assert.isTrue(1, 'This will NOT pass with the number value 1');

isFalse() and isNotFalse() also exist, and behave similarly to their true counterparts except they look for the boolean value of false.

--instructions--

Within tests/1_unit-tests.js under the test labeled #4 in the Basic Assertions suite, change each assert to either assert.isTrue or assert.isNotTrue to make the test pass (should evaluate to true). Do not alter the arguments passed to the asserts.

--hints--

All tests should pass.

js
  const response = await fetch(code + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=3');
  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(await response.text());
  }
  const data = await response.json();
  assert.equal(data.state, 'passed');

You should choose the correct method for the first assertion - isTrue vs. isNotTrue.

js
  const response = await fetch(code + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=3');
  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(await response.text());
  }
  const data = await response.json();
  assert.equal(data.assertions[0].method, 'isTrue', 'True is true');

You should choose the correct method for the second assertion - isTrue vs. isNotTrue.

js
  const response = await fetch(code + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=3');
  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(await response.text());
  }
  const data = await response.json();
  assert.equal(
    data.assertions[1].method,
    'isTrue',
    'Double negation of a truthy value is true'
  );

You should choose the correct method for the third assertion - isTrue vs. isNotTrue.

js
  const response = await fetch(code + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=3');
  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(await response.text());
  }
  const data = await response.json();
  assert.equal(
    data.assertions[2].method,
    'isNotTrue',
    'A truthy object is not true - neither is a false one'
  );