Front end First — surviving with testing in JavaScript
summary
Modern web apps move UI logic to the client, making JavaScript central; this talk surveys practical tools and techniques for automated front-end testing. It compares major testing frameworks and TDD vs BDD, covers mocking frameworks and techniques, shows how to make existing code testable, and explains how AngularJS simplifies testing scenarios.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00JavaScript testing introduction
- 13:46Front-end testing tools
- 27:41Automate tests with Mocha and Gulp
- 34:11Testing dependencies and mocking
- 41:57Code coverage with Istanbul
- 45:33AngularJS testing with Karma
- 55:08Resources and conclusion
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