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Testable JavaScript

by Mark Ethan Trostler

January 2013

Intermediate to advanced

271 pages

7h 23m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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The Goal of This BookWho This Book Is ForWho This Book Is Not ForWho I AmWhat You Will Learn from This BookContentIf You Like (or Don’t Like) This BookRecapHow to Contact UsConventions Used in This BookUsing Code ExamplesThanks!
Prior ArtAgile DevelopmentTest-Driven DevelopmentBehavior-Driven DevelopmentThe Best Approach?Code Is for PeopleWhyWhy testableWhy maintainableWhy understandableWhatWhat is testableWhat is maintainableWhat is understandableHowHow testableHow maintainableHow understandableBeyond Application CodeTestingDebuggingRecap
Code SizeJSLintCyclomatic ComplexityReuseFan-OutFan-InCouplingContent CouplingCommon CouplingControl CouplingStamp CouplingData CouplingNo CouplingInstantiationCoupling MetricsCoupling in the Real WorldTesting Coupled CodeDependency InjectionCommentsYUIDocJSDocDocco/RoccoThe Human TestRecap
The Benefits of Event-Based ProgrammingThe Event HubUsing the Event HubResponses to Thrown EventsEvent-Based Architectures and MVC ApproachesEvent-Based Architectures and Object-Oriented ProgrammingEvent-Based Architectures and Software as a ServiceWeb-Based ApplicationsTesting Event-Based ArchitecturesCaveats to Event-Based ArchitecturesScalabilityBroadcastingRuntime CheckingSecurityStateA Smarter Hub: The Event SwitchDeploymentUnicast eventsBroadcast eventsAn ImplementationSessionsExtensibilityRecap
A FrameworkLet’s Get CleanWriting Good TestsIsolationScopeDefining Your FunctionsComment blocksTestsPositive TestingNegative TestingCode CoverageReal-World TestingDependenciesDoublesMock objectsStubsSpiesAsynchronous TestingUsing YUI TestRunning Tests: Client-Side JavaScriptPhantomJSSeleniumMobileiOSAndroidRunning Tests: Server-Side JavaScriptJasmineDependenciesSpiesOutputRecap
Coverage BasicsCode Coverage DataA Hands-on ExampleInstrumenting FilesAnatomy of a Coveraged FileExercise/DeployClient-Side JavaScriptServer-Side JavaScriptPersisting Coverage InformationUnit TestsIntegration TestsGenerating OutputAggregationHidden FilesCoverage GoalsRecap
Integration TestingSeleniumWebDriverRemote ControlGridCasperJSPerformance TestingGenerating HAR FilesUsing a proxyViewing HAR FilesBrowser Performance TestingLoad TestingBrowser Load TestingTracking Resource UsageClient-Side TrackingMemory usageCPU usageServer-Side TrackingProgrammatic heap snapshotsProgrammatic CPU usageRecap
In-Browser DebuggingFirefoxChromeSafariInternet ExplorerNode.js DebuggingRemote DebuggingChromePhantomJSFirefoxMobile DebuggingAndroid 4iOS 6Adobe Edge InspectOther Mobile Debugging OptionsProduction DebuggingMinified CodeSource MapsRecap
What to AutomateWhen to AutomateHow to AutomateAutomating with Continuous IntegrationAutomating the Development EnvironmentThe editorUnit testsCode reviewsCommit hooksOther development toolsAutomating the Build EnvironmentThe buildJenkinsCreating a Jenkins projectUnit testing using SeleniumUnit test outputCoverage outputComplexityJSLintDuplicate codeOther analysisNotificationDependent buildsThe Full MontyNon-UI usageDeploymentRecap

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About the Author

Mark Ethan Trostler has been writing and testing code for more than 20 years at startups (IPivot) and large corporations (Qualcomm, Intel, Redback Networks, Juniper Networks, Yahoo, and currently Google). Previously, as a Senior Principal Front End Engineer on the Yahoo! Mail team, he helped spearhead testing and quality for the latest rewrite of Yahoo! Mail. He's currently employed by Google as a Software Engineer in Test with the Ads team helping to ensure an excellent experience for their customers. He's spoken at several internal and external conferences (Yahoo TechPulse 2010 and 2011, Yahoo's Front End Summit, and at YUIConf 2011) about Testable Javascript and is the author of the Open Source Javascript Unit Test Environment (https://github.com/zzo/JUTE).