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JavaScript Unit Testing
- 1. JavaScript Unit TestingTools of the trade
- 2. Christian Johansen http://cjohansen.no/enhttp://twitter.com/cjno http://gitorious.org/~cjohansen http://github.com/cjohansen
- 3. Table of ContentsWhy unit test JavaScript? How to unit test JavaScript? Brief example of unit testing chat client
- 4. Why unit testJavaScript?
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- 18. Which version? IE:6, 7, 8 ? Firefox: 3.0, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 ? Safari: 4, 3.1? Opera 10.50, 10.10, 10.0?
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- 20. Manual testing Itdoesn't scale
- 21. Manual testing Nonreproducible
- 22. Manual testing It'stime consuming
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- 24. Unit tests Runnow, run later Run in new browsers Put the test in a file rather than Firebug
- 25. How to unittest JavaScript? In-browser test frameworks Headless test frameworks Hybrids
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- 27. YUI Test Partof the YUI Framework Can test any code Typical in-browser test framework http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/3/test/
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- 35. The Good PartsRun in any browser Simple to get started (don't even have to download YUI) Many high-level assertions
- 36. The Bad PartsRequires HTML fixture Requires internet connection (can be fixed) Does not solve the scaling problem
- 37. Similar offerings QUnithttp://docs.jquery.com/QUnit JsUnitTest (Prototype.js) http://jsunittest.com/ JsUnit (Since 2001) http://jsunit.net/
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- 39. JSpec BDD styletesting framework Custom grammar (Ruby-like, optional) Run in browser, or headlessly http://visionmedia.github.com/jspec /
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- 45. The Good PartsRich library of matchers Runs in browsers, Rhino, Node.js
- 46. More Good PartsCommand Line Tool Initialize projects Run tests Install libraries +++
- 47. JSpec Goodness Built-instub and mock API Built-in mock XMLHttpRequest Built-in mock timers
- 48. The Bad PartsRhino + env.js = Fully emulated Browser launching still manual Ruby-like DSL (although optional)
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- 51. The JsTestDriver WayTests execute in browsers Browsers listen for tests Browsers can run locally or remote Execute in multiple browsers simultaneously
- 52. Running Tests Issuetest runs from command line ...or from IDE (Eclipse + Idea) View results in command line, IDE
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- 64. The Good PartsScales! Test any platform from your machine FAST
- 65. More Good PartsCan integrate runner with other assertion frameworks (QUnit, YIU Test++) Coverage tool JUnit compatible XML output
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- 71. Mocks and StubsWorking on it! http://gitorious.org/sinon
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- 73. Want More? OutFall 2010 Rough cuts available: http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9780321684097
- 74. That's it! http://cjohansen.no/enhttp://twitter.com/cjno http://gitorious.org/~cjohansen http://github.com/cjohansen