Getting Started

Install prerequisites

• Install nodejs (mac brew install nodejs windows cinst nodejs)
• Install jshint and get jshint running in your favorite editor npm install -g jshint
• Install testem npm install -g testem
• install grunt npm install -g grunt-cli

Create your directory structure

• mkdir -p js-meetup-testing/{src,test} && cd js-meetup-testing
• create a .testem file with the following content

{
  "framework": "qunit",
  "src_files": [
    "src/*.js",
    "test/**/*-test.js"
  ]
}

• fire up testem and lets get cooking! testem

Hello World Test

window.helloWorld = function (name) {
  return "Hello " + name + "!";
}

test('hello world says hello', function (assert) {
  var result = helloWorld('dan');
  assert.equal("Hello dan!", result);
});

QUnit Assertions

Launchers

• testem launchers to see the list of launchers
• include the launch_in_dev key to identify dev launchers
• run testem and watch the launchers

Include jQuery

• mkdir vendor && cd vendor
• curl http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.0.js -O
• cd ..
• add vendor/jquery-2.1.0.js to the .testem.json src_files.