Jasmine JavaScript Testing - Second Edition

Jasmine basics and thinking in BDD

Based on the application presented previously, we can start writing acceptance criteria that define investment:

• Given an investment, it should be of a stock
• Given an investment, it should have the invested shares' quantity
• Given an investment, it should have the share price paid
• Given an investment, it should have a cost

Using the standalone distribution downloaded in the previous chapter, the first thing we need to do is create a new spec file. This file can be created anywhere, but it is a good idea to stick to a convention, and Jasmine already has a good one: specs should be in the /spec folder. Create an InvestmentSpec.js file and add the following lines:

describe("Investment", function() {

});

The describe function ...