diff --git a/test/utils.js b/test/utils.js
index 38283ac4bf..f09e18b56e 100644
--- a/test/utils.js
+++ b/test/utils.js
@@ -12,10 +12,42 @@ describe('Utility Methods', function () {
// create some jsdom magic to allow jQuery to work
var dom = new JSDOM('');
var window = dom.window;
- global.jQuery = require('jquery')(window);
+ global.window = window;
+ global.jQuery = require('jquery');
global.$ = global.jQuery;
var $ = global.$;
- global.window = window;
+
+ it('should serialize/deserialize form data properly', function () {
+ require('jquery-deserialize');
+ require('jquery-serializeobject');
+
+ const formSerialize = $(`
+
+ `);
+ const sampleData = {
+ a: ['1', '2'],
+ bar: 'test',
+ };
+ const data = formSerialize.serializeObject();
+ assert.deepStrictEqual(data, sampleData);
+
+ const formDeserialize = $(`
+
+ `);
+
+ formDeserialize.deserialize(sampleData);
+ assert.strictEqual(formDeserialize.find('#input1').val(), sampleData.a[0]);
+ assert.strictEqual(formDeserialize.find('#input2').val(), sampleData.a[1]);
+ assert.strictEqual(formDeserialize.find('#input3').val(), sampleData.bar);
+ });
// https://github.com/jprichardson/string.js/blob/master/test/string.test.js
it('should decode HTML entities', function (done) {