TextEncoder is not defined
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I'm trying to use skia-canvas to have proper unit-tests for some of our canvas-2d related features with jest. Unfortunately, when I import it, this is what I get:
Test suite failed to run
ReferenceError: TextEncoder is not defined
1 | import {Canvas} from "skia-canvas";
> 2 |
3 | ^
What am I missing?
The TextEncoder global is only used in the in-browser polyfill of the Skia Canvas-specific extensions like canvas.saveAs(), loadImage(), etc. I'm not sure why the web version is being included in your unit tests; are you bundling it for the browser as part of your build process?
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TextEncoderglobal is only used in the in-browser polyfill of the Skia Canvas-specific extensions like canvas.saveAs(), loadImage(), etc. I'm not sure why the web version is being included in your unit tests; are you bundling it for the browser as part of your build process?
I have a browser-application, and I have unit tests for it. The tests include things like "document.createElement", and other browser-env related stuff, so I need to use "jsdom" environment on the "jest" side.
Are you saying that Skia Canvas is only supposed to work in the "node" environment?
Are you saying that Skia Canvas is only supposed to work in the "node" environment?
Right, Skia Canvas is an emulation/extension of the canvas API for Node (which doesn't have a built-in canvas the way the browser environment does). In the browser you can just use the <canvas> element. The existence of the browser.js file in the project is just to allow for re-use of code that depends on Skia Canvas's extensions.
Are you saying that Skia Canvas is only supposed to work in the "node" environment?
Right, Skia Canvas is an emulation/extension of the canvas API for Node (which doesn't have a built-in canvas the way the browser environment does). In the browser you can just use the
<canvas>element. The existence of thebrowser.jsfile in the project is just to allow for re-use of code that depends on Skia Canvas's extensions.
How is one supposed to write unit tests for their frontend applications that includes canvas functionalities, then? 😭