Test-Driving JavaScript Applications

Continue the Design

The initial test list identified one task for adding a task and one for deleting a task.

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• addTask sends the data to the service
• deleteTask sends a delete request to the service

Let’s now focus on the addTask function.

Design addTask

When we analyzed the getTasks function, a single test for that function transformed into multiple tests in the test list. We can expect a similar result for the addTask function as well. Let’s analyze the addTask function.

First, we need the data for the new task. A new model newTask within the controller can store this data. We need to initialize this model to have a name property and a date property. We also need a function to convert the newTask to the JSON format expected by the server.

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