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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787558703321

Autore

Roemer Ryan

Titolo

Testing Backbone. js

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Packt Publishing Limited, 2013

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 v.) : ill

Soggetti

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Computer Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

If you dread the business of testing JavaScript and Backbone.js web applications, this book is your guardian angel. In easy stages and lots of examples it takes you through the whole testing situation, introducing you to best practice and current techniques. Create comprehensive test infrastructures Understand and utilize modern frontend testing techniques and libraries Use mocks, spies, and fakes to effortlessly test and observe complex Backbone.js application behavior Automate tests to run from the command line, shell, or practically anywhere In Detail Frontend web applications are soaring in popularity and the Backbone.js library is leading this charge with a modular, lightweight approach for organizing JavaScript web applications. At the same time, testing client-side JavaScript and Backbone.js programs remains a difficult and tedious undertaking. Backbone.js Testing brings sensible practices and current techniques to the challenges of Backbone.js test development. The book introduces fundamental testing concepts, comprehensive test infrastructure design, and practical exercises to easily and systematically test modern JavaScript web applications. The book progresses from Mocha test suites and Chai assertions to advanced test mocks and stubs with Sinon.JS. The requisite libraries and utilities are introduced with in-depth examples and best practices for integration with your applications. The book guides you through the test planning and



implementation processes for your application models, views, routers, and other Backbone.js components. Backbone.js Testing gives you the tools, examples, and assistance to test your Backbone.js web applications thoroughly, quickly, and with confidence.