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Code indentation for declaring inputs/outputs in an array
I'm writing a list of inputs and outputs for to be compared in unit tests.
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Unit-testing function
I've got this javascript function which was written a bit ad-hoc and I'm not really sure how to go about refactoring and improving it.
It's basically an implementation of draft Unit-Testing/1.1 ...
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Catch-style unit testing in JavaScript (phase 1)
I decided to port my favorite unit testing framework, Catch, to JavaScript. So far I'm focusing on test cases and sections. I'll add assertions in phase 2, and output in phase 3.
The goal for this ...
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First ever unit test. Am I headed in the right direction?
I'm learning backbone.js in parallel with unit testing. I've just made a simple model and wanted to unit test it. Do I have the right idea? I am simply making a model with some default values.
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User model with BackboneJS and RequireJS with test cases in Jasmine
I've been taking a stab at implementing test cases using the Jasmine testing framework. To do so, I've made an application which has a User object. This User object is created by the server, but its ...
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Does this nodeunit test conform to best practices?
I have inherited a node-js project, and I am completely new to it. Fortunately, it is already covered by unit tests.
The class under test, FmsRescuers, has the ...
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my constructor is doing work. Is this a code smell in this example?
I have created a queue in javascript. This queue also has blocking take(). As you all probably know this is not really true, because javascript does not have ...
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Testing async API calls using Jasmine 2.0
I'm upgrading my project from YouTube's V2 API to their V3 API. I'm also taking the time to upgrade to Jasmine 2.0 since I already need to look at my test cases.
Here's a couple of test cases and the ...
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What is a better (more testable) way to structure this page-specific JS?
I've created this (very) contrived example that demonstrates how we currently organize page specific JS in our app. Basically each page has a matching JS file that uses the module pattern to enclose ...
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Catch-style unit testing in JavaScript (phase 2)
Continued from phase 1; please read it first for background.
Overview
This phase focuses on assertions. Here's where things get ugly. Catch uses macro expansions to decompose assertion ...
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Is this factory method a good approach?
We are beginning to learn Node.js and we are not always sure if we do it the right way. We have a strong object oriented background so the adoption is not always easy. Right now we implemented a ...
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Is this a good approach to unit testing?
I'm relatively new to unit testing and having gone through quite a bit of pain I was starting to feel pretty good about my tests. The problem is, now I have a nice set of green ticks I'm also ...
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Production code to be good for unit testing
I would like to advise if the following production code is good to be unit tested. The segment of the production code gets data from a backend service and displays it on the page. It is a class:
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Testing individual nodes launched by naught using supertest
The purpose: an express node.js server which can be launched using naught, with an integration test using supertest. Each worker naught runs will test itself on a unique port, and only if passes it ...
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Is my JavaScript test actually testing anything worthwhile here
Given a production module like this:
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