What would be the cause if my 'truffle test' gives nothing in return?

[heraclixus]

So npm install and truffle compile are fine, but with truffle test, the command line just gives me nothing:

[Mayersteen]

Even though this question dates back to August 2019 perhaps my response is helpful to someone.

For me this was usually related to having a wrong port configured in my truffle.js / truffle-config.js file. The default might be port 8545 (which is the default for the ganache-cli) but if you are using the ganache-gui, you need to change it to e.g. 7545 (which is the default for the ganache-gui).

An example is illustrated in the truffle documentation, where you can also find further information on the config file.

module.exports = {
  networks: {
    development: {
      host: "127.0.0.1",
      port: 8545,
      network_id: "*" // Match any network id
    }
  }
};

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