Better-scheduled parallel tests

Gulpfile.ts

@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import merge2 = require("merge2");
 import * as os from "os";
 import fold = require("travis-fold");
 const gulp = helpMaker(originalGulp);
-const mochaParallel = require("./scripts/mocha-parallel.js");
-const {runTestsInParallel} = mochaParallel;
 
 Error.stackTraceLimit = 1000;
 
@@ -668,26 +666,9 @@ function runConsoleTests(defaultReporter: string, runInParallel: boolean, done:
         }
         else {
             // run task to load all tests and partition them between workers
-            const args = [];
-            args.push("-R", "min");
-            if (colors) {
-                args.push("--colors");
-            }
-            else {
-                args.push("--no-colors");
-            }
-            args.push(run);
             setNodeEnvToDevelopment();
-            runTestsInParallel(taskConfigsFolder, run, { testTimeout, noColors: colors === " --no-colors " }, function(err) {
-                // last worker clean everything and runs linter in case if there were no errors
-                del(taskConfigsFolder).then(() => {
-                    if (!err) {
-                        lintThenFinish();
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        finish(err);
-                    }
-                });
+            exec(host, [run], lintThenFinish, function(e, status) {
+                finish(e, status);
             });
         }
     });
@@ -711,7 +692,7 @@ function runConsoleTests(defaultReporter: string, runInParallel: boolean, done:
 
     function finish(error?: any, errorStatus?: number) {
         restoreSavedNodeEnv();
-        deleteTemporaryProjectOutput().then(() => {
+        deleteTestConfig().then(deleteTemporaryProjectOutput).then(() => {
             if (error !== undefined || errorStatus !== undefined) {
                 failWithStatus(error, errorStatus);
             }
@@ -720,6 +701,10 @@ function runConsoleTests(defaultReporter: string, runInParallel: boolean, done:
             }
         });
     }
+
+    function deleteTestConfig() {
+        return del("test.config");
+    }
 }
 
 gulp.task("runtests-parallel", "Runs all the tests in parallel using the built run.js file. Optional arguments are: --t[ests]=category1|category2|... --d[ebug]=true.", ["build-rules", "tests"], (done) => {
@@ -836,7 +821,7 @@ function cleanTestDirs(done: (e?: any) => void) {
 
 // used to pass data from jake command line directly to run.js
 function writeTestConfigFile(tests: string, light: boolean, taskConfigsFolder?: string, workerCount?: number, stackTraceLimit?: string) {
-    const testConfigContents = JSON.stringify({ test: tests ? [tests] : undefined, light, workerCount, stackTraceLimit, taskConfigsFolder });
+    const testConfigContents = JSON.stringify({ test: tests ? [tests] : undefined, light, workerCount, stackTraceLimit, taskConfigsFolder, noColor: !cmdLineOptions["colors"] });
     console.log("Running tests with config: " + testConfigContents);
     fs.writeFileSync("test.config", testConfigContents);
 }

Jakefile.js

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // This file contains the build logic for the public repo
+// @ts-check
 
 var fs = require("fs");
 var os = require("os");
 var path = require("path");
 var child_process = require("child_process");
 var fold = require("travis-fold");
-var runTestsInParallel = require("./scripts/mocha-parallel").runTestsInParallel;
 var ts = require("./lib/typescript");
 
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ else if (process.env.PATH !== undefined) {
 
 function filesFromConfig(configPath) {
     var configText = fs.readFileSync(configPath).toString();
-    var config = ts.parseConfigFileTextToJson(configPath, configText, /*stripComments*/ true);
+    var config = ts.parseConfigFileTextToJson(configPath, configText);
     if (config.error) {
         throw new Error(diagnosticsToString([config.error]));
     }
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ file(typesMapOutputPath, function() {
     var content = fs.readFileSync(path.join(serverDirectory, 'typesMap.json'));
     // Validate that it's valid JSON
     try {
-        JSON.parse(content);
+        JSON.parse(content.toString());
     } catch (e) {
         console.log("Parse error in typesMap.json: " + e);
     }
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ desc("Builds the test infrastructure using the built compiler");
 task("tests", ["local", run].concat(libraryTargets));
 
 function exec(cmd, completeHandler, errorHandler) {
-    var ex = jake.createExec([cmd], { windowsVerbatimArguments: true });
+    var ex = jake.createExec([cmd], { windowsVerbatimArguments: true, interactive: true });
     // Add listeners for output and error
     ex.addListener("stdout", function (output) {
         process.stdout.write(output);
@@ -783,13 +783,14 @@ function cleanTestDirs() {
 }
 
 // used to pass data from jake command line directly to run.js
-function writeTestConfigFile(tests, light, taskConfigsFolder, workerCount, stackTraceLimit) {
+function writeTestConfigFile(tests, light, taskConfigsFolder, workerCount, stackTraceLimit, colors) {
     var testConfigContents = JSON.stringify({
         test: tests ? [tests] : undefined,
         light: light,
         workerCount: workerCount,
         taskConfigsFolder: taskConfigsFolder,
-        stackTraceLimit: stackTraceLimit
+        stackTraceLimit: stackTraceLimit,
+        noColor: !colors
     });
     fs.writeFileSync('test.config', testConfigContents);
 }
@@ -831,7 +832,7 @@ function runConsoleTests(defaultReporter, runInParallel) {
     }
 
     if (tests || light || taskConfigsFolder) {
-        writeTestConfigFile(tests, light, taskConfigsFolder, workerCount, stackTraceLimit);
+        writeTestConfigFile(tests, light, taskConfigsFolder, workerCount, stackTraceLimit, colors);
     }
 
     if (tests && tests.toLocaleLowerCase() === "rwc") {
@@ -894,19 +895,15 @@ function runConsoleTests(defaultReporter, runInParallel) {
         var savedNodeEnv = process.env.NODE_ENV;
         process.env.NODE_ENV = "development";
         var startTime = mark();
-        runTestsInParallel(taskConfigsFolder, run, { testTimeout: testTimeout, noColors: !colors }, function (err) {
+        exec(host + " " + run, function () {
             process.env.NODE_ENV = savedNodeEnv;
             measure(startTime);
-            // last worker clean everything and runs linter in case if there were no errors
-            deleteTemporaryProjectOutput();
-            jake.rmRf(taskConfigsFolder);
-            if (err) {
-                fail(err);
-            }
-            else {
-                runLinter();
-                complete();
-            }
+            runLinter();
+            finish();
+        }, function (e, status) {
+            process.env.NODE_ENV = savedNodeEnv;
+            measure(startTime);
+            finish(status);
         });
     }
 
@@ -969,8 +966,8 @@ desc("Runs the tests using the built run.js file like 'jake runtests'. Syntax is
 task("runtests-browser", ["browserify", nodeServerOutFile], function () {
     cleanTestDirs();
     host = "node";
-    browser = process.env.browser || process.env.b ||  (os.platform() === "linux" ? "chrome" : "IE");
-    tests = process.env.test || process.env.tests || process.env.t;
+    var browser = process.env.browser || process.env.b ||  (os.platform() === "linux" ? "chrome" : "IE");
+    var tests = process.env.test || process.env.tests || process.env.t;
     var light = process.env.light || false;
     var testConfigFile = 'test.config';
     if (fs.existsSync(testConfigFile)) {