Ember.js Testing Intro

Ember.BP May

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1. Testing in Ember
2. –General misconception “Testing an Ember app is hard”
3. –General misconception “Testing an Ember app is hard” Used to be true :(
4. How’s the dark side doing?
6. How’s the dark side doing? Fine, thanks, glad you asked - Angular, since the very beginning
7. Testing in Angular • Built with testing in mind from the ground up, and it shows • Their entire tutorial section comes with testing • A good role model to have • They have my admiration • Pushed client-side testing culture forward
8. –General misconception “Testing an Ember app is hard” Not anymore!
9. Why is it hard to test JS?
10. Why is it hard to test JS? • Testing async is harder in general • Ember is async-heavy. Probably more than most of the other frameworks • Lack of tooling is a big bottleneck
11. How’s Ember doing? Next question, please! - Ember, a couple months ago
12. How’s Ember doing? Fine, thanks, glad you asked! - Ember, today
13. How to test your Ember app?
14. How to test your Ember app? • First things first: RTM! • There is a section dedicated to testing in the guides • Comes with JSBin examples • Don’t forget to use the development build!
16. How to test your Ember app? • First things first: RTM! • There is a section dedicated to testing in the guides • Comes with JSBin examples • Don’t forget to use the development build!
18. Tooling • QUnit by default • ember-qunit • You can use Mocha, Jasmine as well • ember-mocha-adapter • Prefer BDD-style (describe/it)? Use qunit-bdd! • And please, please do development
 with EAK/ember-cli! • But it’s a good idea to know how to set up a simple JSBin
20. Tooling • QUnit by default • ember-qunit • You can use Mocha, Jasmine as well • ember-mocha-adapter • Prefer BDD-style (describe/it)? Use qunit-bdd! • And please, please do development
 with EAK/ember-cli! • But it’s a good idea to know how to set up a simple JSBin
22. Tooling • QUnit by default • ember-qunit • You can use Mocha, Jasmine as well • ember-mocha-adapter • Prefer BDD-style (describe/it)? Use qunit-bdd! • And please, please do development
 with EAK/ember-cli! • But it’s a good idea to know how to set up a simple JSBin
24. Tooling • QUnit by default • ember-qunit • You can use Mocha, Jasmine as well • ember-mocha-adapter • Prefer BDD-style (describe/it)? Use qunit-bdd! • And please, please do development
 with EAK/ember-cli! • But it’s a good idea to know how to set up a simple JSBin
26. Recap • It's no longer hard to test an Ember app • Excellent testing guides • Tooling has improved greatly • Use EAK/ember-cli for zero-config testing env • Happy testing!