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Node.js built-in tooling

Capabilities shipped inside the Node.js runtime itself, such as test running, watch mode and TypeScript type stripping, that once required third-party packages.

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A bare test() in node --test cancels the subtest you did not await

Node's built-in runner now covers mocking, fake timers and TypeScript execution, so a backend library can skip the framework install. Adopting it means learning where test() and describe() disagree, and living with three experimental flags.

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