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Jasmine JavaScript Testing.
Title:
Jasmine JavaScript Testing.
Author:
Ragonha, Paulo.
ISBN:
9781782167211
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (164 pages)
Contents:
Jasmine JavaScript Testing -- Table of Contents -- Jasmine JavaScript Testing -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Getting Started with Jasmine -- JavaScript - the bad parts -- Jasmine and Behavior-Driven Development -- Downloading and first run -- Summary -- 2. Your First Spec -- The Investment Tracker application -- Jasmine basics and thinking in BDD -- Setup and teardown -- Nested describes -- Setup and teardown -- Coding a spec with shared behavior -- Understanding matchers -- Custom matchers -- Built-in matchers -- The toEqual built-in matcher -- The toBe built-in matcher -- The toBeTruthy and toBeFalsy matchers -- The toBeUndefined, toBeNull, and toBeNaN built-in matchers -- The toBeDefined built-in matcher -- The toContain built-in matcher -- The toMatch built-in matcher -- The toBeLessThan and toBeGreaterThan built-in matchers -- The toThrow built-in matcher -- Summary -- 3. Testing Frontend Code -- Thinking in terms of components (Views) -- The module pattern -- Using HTML fixtures -- Basic View coding rules -- The View should encapsulate a DOM element -- Integrate Views with observers -- Testing Views with jQuery matchers -- The toBe jQuery matcher -- The toContainHtml jQuery matcher -- The toContain jQuery matcher -- The toHaveValue jQuery matcher -- The toHaveAttr jQuery matcher -- The toBeFocused jQuery matcher -- The toBeDisabled jQuery matcher -- More matchers -- Summary -- 4. Asynchronous Testing - AJAX -- Setting up the Scenario -- Installing Node.js -- Coding the server -- Running the server.

Writing the spec -- The waitsFor() function -- The runs() function -- Summary -- 5. Jasmine Spies -- The "bare" Spy -- Spy an object's functions -- Testing DOM events -- Summary -- 6. Light Speed Unit Testing -- Jasmine Stubs -- Sinon.JS -- Installing Sinon.JS -- A Fake XMLHttpRequest -- A Fake server -- Summary -- 7. Testing Backbone.js Applications -- The Backbone model -- Declaring a new model -- The model attributes -- Default attribute values -- Events -- Sync and AJAX requests -- Testing Backbone collections -- Declaring a new collection -- Sync and AJAX requests -- Testing Backbone Views -- Declaring a new View -- The el property -- Rendering -- Updating the View on model changes -- Binding DOM events -- Testing Backbone routers -- Defining a new router -- Defining routes -- Using routers -- Routers should only route -- Summary -- 8. Build Automation -- RequireJS -- Module definition -- Project setup -- The new SpecRunner.JS file -- The RequireJS configuration -- Using non AMD dependencies with Shim -- Testing a module -- Optimizing for production -- Headless testing with PhantomJS -- Downloading and installing PhantomJS -- Running your tests without opening a browser -- Grunt -- Installation -- Project setup -- A RequireJS optimizer task -- A Jasmine task -- Watch for changes and run the specs -- Managing NPM dependencies -- Summary -- 9. Conclusion -- Index.
Abstract:
The book uses a concise, to-the-point approach to help developers understand and use the power of Jasmine to create better and more maintainable codebases.This book is a must-have guide for web developers who are new to the concept of unit testing. It's assumed that you have a basic knowledge of JavaScript and HTML.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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