Mission Impossible: TDD and JavaScript
Wed, 2009-03-04 04:00 — James Suchy
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Level: Practicing
JavaScript has earned a special, dark place in most programmer’s hearts as it is a necessary evil for making the web experience dynamic. You are test-driving your JavaScript, aren’t you? If not, why not? If the reason is that you don’t know how, or haven’t taken the time to learn the various testing frameworks, then this session is for you. We will briefly explore the various testing frameworks, build our own lightweight framework, and then test-drive a small bit of functionality using it.
Process/Mechanics
1) Review TDD process
2) Brief exploration of the different JavaScript testing frameworks
3) Roll our own testing framework
4) Test drive a feature using our newly created testing framework
Learning outcomes
- Learn about the different JavaScript testing frameworks available
- Learn how one could go about writing one’s own JavaScript testing framework
- See TDD using JavaScript in action
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