JavaScript Unit Testing

A practical, example-driven guide to using, automating, and integrating JavaScript Unit tests for the busy and conscientious JavaScript developer striving for excellence and success. JavaScript Unit Testing is a must have guide for every web developer, designer, architect, and JavaScript coder seeking to ensure the highest quality of their web applications and JS code. Knowledge of JavaScript is assumed.

Table of Contents; JavaScript Unit Testing; JavaScript Unit Testing; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Downloading the example code; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. Unit Testing JavaScript Applications; What unit testing is; Why we need unit testing; What Test-Driven Development (TDD) is.

Complexities in testing JavaScript applicationsWeather forecasting application; Exploring the application's HTML and JavaScript code; Running the weather application; Summary; 2. Jasmine; Configuration; Writing your first Jasmine test; The nested describe blocks; Jasmine matchers; The toBe matcher; The toBeDefined and toBeUndefined matchers; The toBeNull matcher; The toBeTruthy and toBeFalsy matchers; The toContain matcher; The toBeLessThan and toBeGreaterThan matchers; The toMatch matcher; Developing custom Jasmine matchers; Testing asynchronous (Ajax) JavaScript code; The runs() function.

The waits() functionThe waitsFor() function; …