JavaScript Test Driven Development
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3 days practical workshop for up to 12 people.
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The days of writing spaghetti JavaScript should be behind us. JavaScript is a grown-up language now and lies at the heart of mobile-friendly HTML5-enabled Web applications. This course describes how you can apply Test Driven Development techniques to create robust, reliable, and performant web UIs using contemporary JavaScript tools and libraries.
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This course is a mixture of lectures and hands on exercises designed to reinforce the topics learnt
Training Course Objectives
- TDD techniques and principles
- Contemporary testing frameworks (e.g. Jasmine, QUnit)
- Test doubles and mocking
- Testing Ajax
- Testing Node.js
Training Course Prerequisites
- Good working knowledge of JavaScript
Chapters
Chapter 1 JavaScript essential techniques
- Closures
- Inheritance and prototypes
- Properties
- Namespaces
- Encapsulation
Chapter 2 Test-Driven Development principles
- Test, code, refactor, repeat
- The benefits of TDD
- The process of TDD
Chapter 3 Unit testing in JavaScript
- Getting started with unit testing
- Structure of a unit test
- Setting up a test environment
- Executing a test
- Refactoring
Chapter 4 Dealing with browser inconsistencies
- Anticipating browser differences
- Detecting browser support
- Object and feature checking
- The role of Modernizr
Chapter 5 Testing DOM manipulation
- What can you test with DOM? Testing UI components
- Testing events and user interactions
Chapter 6 Test doubles and mocking frameworks
- Managing dependencies
- Defining test doubles
- Stubs, mocks, dummies, and fakes
- Tool support
Chapter 7 Testing Ajax-enabled web pages
- Using Ajax manually
- Using Ajax via jQuery
- Testing GET and POST requests
- Stubbing
- Testing headers
Chapter 8 Testing Node.js at the server
- Setting up Node.js
- The role of unit testing with Node.js
- Techniques for testing Node.js