Test-Driving JavaScript Applications

Test-Drive the Pipe

The pipe class and its transform function is the easiest to test. Our pipe should transform a given list into a sorted list. Let’s list the tests we will need:

• Should have the pipe’s name set to sort
• Should sort tasks based on year
• Should sort tasks based on year, then month
• Should sort tasks based on year, month, then day
• Should sort tasks based on year, month, day, then name

First, edit the files section in karma.conf.js to add a reference to the currently empty pipe file; place it before the reference to the service file, like so:

'./public/src/app/tasks/tasks-sort.pipe.js',
'./public/src/app/tasks/tasks.service.js',
'./public/src/app/tasks/tasks.component.js',

Restart Karma after saving the file. Then open the file ...