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Adding where does test go section in writing-test.md #18802

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- Fixing regressions and bugs.
- Expanding test coverage.

## Test directory structure

See the test [directory structure overview][] for an outline of existing test types and their locations.
When deciding on whether to expand an existing test file or create a new one.
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The punctuation at the end should be ,

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changes made :)

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Sorry for not being clear, I meant the punctuation at the end of this line should be ,, so it should be

See [directory structure overview][] for outline of existing test & locations.
When deciding on whether to expand an existing test file or create a new one,
consider going through the files related to the subsystem.

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When deciding on whether to expand an existing test file or create a new one, consider going through the files related to the subsystem.
@joyeecheung it will exceed 80 characters.

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I think @joyeecheung meant it to be a text block (without exceeding 80 characters by using new lines in the correct places), not as being in a single line.

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ok got it.

Consider going through the files related to the subsystem.
For example looking at tests starting with `test-streams` when writing tests for `lib/streams.js`
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Missing . at the end.

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changes made :)



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Please keep this consistent with the other places in the doc and only use a single new line :-)

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changes made.

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Hm, this does not seem to be addressed?

## Test structure

Let's analyze this basic test from the Node.js test suite:
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[all maintained branches]: https://github.com/nodejs/lts
[node.green]: http://node.green/
[test fixture]: https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/docs/Primer.md#test-fixtures-using-the-same-data-configuration-for-multiple-tests
[directory structure overview]: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/test/README.md
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Might be a good idea to change this to:

https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/test/README.md#test-directories

so it links directly to the correct section.

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changes made :)