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Backbone.js Testing

By : Ryan Glenn Roemer
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Backbone.js Testing

By: Ryan Glenn Roemer

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Backbone.js Testing
Ryan Glenn Roemer
Jul, 2013 | 168 pages
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Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Backbone.js Testing
Backbone.js Testing
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Setting Up a Test Infrastructure
Setting Up a Test Infrastructure
Designing an application and test repository structure
Getting the test libraries
Setting up and writing our first tests
Running and assessing test results
Summary
2
Creating a Backbone.js Application Test Plan
Creating a Backbone.js Application Test Plan
A Backbone.js refresher
Selecting a Backbone.js application to test
Test paradigms and methods
Testing concepts, approaches, and planning
Testing individual Backbone.js components
Testing application interactions and events
Dipping our toes in the application testing waters
Running the application tests
Summary
3
Test Assertions, Specs, and Suites
Test Assertions, Specs, and Suites
Choosing a test style that fits
Trying out some different styles
A tour of the Chai assertion library
Getting the application and tests ready to run
Writing Mocha test specifications
Testing and supporting Backbone.js views
Aggregating and running the application tests
Test development tips, tricks, and hints
Summary
4
Test Spies
Test Spies
Fake it 'til you make it
Getting to know Sinon.JS
Spicing up Chai with the Sinon.JS plugin
Testing Backbone.js components with spies
Summary
5
Test Stubs and Mocks
Test Stubs and Mocks
Replacing method behaviors with Sinon.JS stubs
Faking and verifying behavior with Sinon.JS mocks
Testing Backbone.js components with stubs and mocks
Finding the rest of the Notes application components
A few more Sinon.JS test helpers
Summary
6
Automated Web Testing
Automated Web Testing
The world of testing beyond humans and browsers
Automating browser environments
Headless testing with PhantomJS
Parting thoughts, next steps, and future ideas
Summary
Index
Index

Credits

Author

Ryan Roemer

Reviewers

Casey Foster

Jim Newbery

Acquisition Editor

Martin Bell

Commissioning Editor

Shreerang Deshpande

Technical Editor

Sumedh Patil

Copy Editors

Insiya Morbiwala

Alfida Paiva

Laxmi Subramanian

Project Coordinator

Sneha Modi

Proofreaders

Maria Gould

Paul Hindle

Indexer

Tejal Soni

Production Coordinator

Arvindkumar Gupta

Cover Work

Arvindkumar Gupta

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