What's the difference between `beforeTest`, `beforeEach` and `beforeAny`? I've read the documentatio...

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[Klitos Kyriacou]

What's the difference between beforeTest, beforeEach and beforeAny? I've read the documentation but I'm still confused.

[LeoColman]

I feel a bit confused as well.
AFAIK they're supposed to be functionally equal, just aliases to one another, but I'm not completely sure

[Klitos Kyriacou]

I think I figured it out - correct me if I'm wrong. beforeTest has the same usage as beforeAny and is invoked at the start of both a container and a test, whereas beforeEach is invoked only before a test. To illustrate:

class MyTest : FreeSpec({
    "container1" - {
        "test1" {
            println("test1")
        }
    }

    beforeAny { println("beforeAny $it") }
    beforeEach { println("beforeEach $it") }
})

In the above, the beforeAny (or beforeTest) is invoked twice: once for the container and once again for the test. On the other hand, beforeEach is invoked only once, for the test.