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+// For a detailed explanation regarding each configuration property, visit:
+// https://jestjs.io/docs/en/configuration.html
+
+module.exports = {
+    name: 'Back end',
+    displayName: {
+        name: 'Back end',
+        color: 'blue',
+    },
+    testEnvironment: 'node',
+    setupFilesAfterEnv: [
+        './jest-back.js'
+    ],
+    testMatch: [
+        'loopback/**/*.spec.js',
+        'modules/*/back/**/*.spec.js'
+    ],
+    testPathIgnorePatterns: [
+        '/node_modules/'
+    ],
+    coveragePathIgnorePatterns: [
+        '/node_modules/',
+        '.spec.js'
+    ],
+    moduleFileExtensions: [
+        'js',
+    ],
+    moduleNameMapper: {
+        '\\.(css|scss)$': 'identity-obj-proxy',
+        '\\.(jpg|ico|jpeg|png|gif|eot|otf|webp|svg|ttf|woff|woff2|mp4|webm|wav|mp3|m4a|aac|oga)$': '<rootDir>/fileMock.js',
+    },
+    testURL: 'http://localhost',
+    verbose: false,
+    errorOnDeprecated: true,
+    restoreMocks: true,
+    timers: 'real',
+    transform: {
+        '^.+\\.js?$': 'babel-jest',
+        '^.+\\.html$': 'html-loader-jest'
+    },
+
+};
+