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.

Overview

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.

What you will learn from this book

Install and set up a test infrastructure for Backbone applications
Run, examine, and understand Mocha test reports
Tour the Chai assertion library API with detailed examples
Write test suites and specs with the Mocha test framework
Fake application behavior in tests using Sinon.JS mocks, spies, and fake servers

Approach

This book is packed with step-by-step tutorials and instructions in recipe format to help you create test infrastructures and gradually advance your Backbone.js application development and testing skills.

Who this book is written for

If you are a JavaScript developer looking to create and implement test support for your Backbone.js applications, then this book is ideal for you.

Rese�a del editor

This book is packed with the step by step tutorial and instructions in recipe format helping you setup test infrastructure and gradually advance your skills to plan, develop, and test your backbone applications.If you are a JavaScript developer looking for recipes to create and implement test support for your backbone application, then this book is ideal for you.

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