Truffle Smart Contract Testing does not reset state

Question

I have the following javascript test for a simple ERC 20 token. Which on the call return token.balanceOf.call(accounts[2]); will fetch some old data and fail from a previous test transaction writting similar, but in another contract() scope on the same contract. Using TestRpc

contract('ERC Allowance', function (accounts) {

    it("should be able to lend money and that user spend it", function () {
        var token;

        return Token.deployed().then(function (instance) {
            token= instance;
            return instance.approve(accounts[1], 5555, {from: accounts[0]});
        })
            .then(function (approveTransaction) {
                return chftoken .allowance.call(accounts[0], accounts[1]);
            })
            .then(function (allowance) {
                assert.equal(allowance, 5555, "allowance should be increased");
                return token.transferFrom.call(accounts[0], accounts[2], 55555, {from: accounts[1]});
            })
            .then(function (failedTransaction) {
                return token.balanceOf.call(accounts[2]);
            })
            .then(function (balance) {
                assert.equal(balance.valueOf(), 0, "transfer should not go through");
                return token.transferFrom.call(accounts[0], accounts[9], 10000, {from: accounts[1]});
            })
            .then(function (transactionCompleted) {
                return token.balanceOf.call(accounts[2])
            })
            .then(function (balance) {
                assert.equal(balance, 5555, "the balance should be transferred")
            });
    });
});

Answer 1

To reset the state, you have to tell the test suite to deploy a new instance of the contract before it starts.

You can tell it to deploy a new contract before each "it" with beforeEach(). Every test will start with an initialized state (and a new contract .deployed() address).

contract( ...

  var contract;

  beforeEach(function() {
     return Contract.new()
     .then(function(instance) {
        contract = instance;
     });
  });

  it("should ...

Hope I didn't flub the syntax. Truffle 3.x style.