Test driven JavaScript

The slides from master class I did on XP Days 2012

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1. TEST DRIVEN JAVASCRIPT Show & Talk
3. >5 years of programming C# for fun and profit
4. >5 years of practicing TDD
5. “No line of production code without unit test “ rule that worked perfect for me during .NET programming
6. But it FAILED miserably that I started JavaScript programming
8. > Reason 1 JavaScript code seems to be small and easy
9. > Reason 2 Leaving comfort zone is always hard
10. > Reason 3 DOM appears to be not testable at first glance
12. Frameworks && Tools
13. qUnit, Jasmine, Mocha
14. Testing business logic
15. Testing UI/DOM code
16. Mocking/Spying on objects
17. Testing AJAX-dependent code
18. Continuous Testing with LiveReload
19. Final recommendations: 1. Don't be afraid to start testing. 2. Baby steps practice works. 3. Use MV* frameworks.
20. Thanks, @alexbeletsky