Testable JavaScript
Venue
O'Reilly Media, 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA 95472 (2013)
Publication Year
2013
Authors
Mark Ethan Trostler
BibTeX
Abstract
One skill that’s essential for any professional JavaScript developer is the ability
to write testable code. This book shows you what writing and maintaining testable
JavaScript for the client- or server-side actually entails, whether you’re creating
a new application or rewriting legacy code. From methods to reduce code complexity
to unit testing, code coverage, debugging, and automation, you’ll learn a holistic
approach for writing JavaScript code that you and your colleagues can easily fix
and maintain going forward. Testing JavaScript code is complicated. This book helps
you simply the process considerably. Get an overview of Agile, test-driven
development, and behavior-driven development Use patterns from static languages and
standards-based JavaScript to reduce code complexity Learn the advantages of
event-based architectures, including modularity, loose coupling, and reusability
Explore tools for writing and running unit tests at the functional and application
level Generate code coverage to measure the scope and effectiveness of your tests
Conduct integration, performance, and load testing, using Selenium or CasperJS Use
tools for in-browser, Node.js, mobile, and production debugging Understand what,
when, and how to automate your development processes
