Envjs and Jasmine: Headless tests FTW

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Combines envjs on Rhino with Jasmine specs so Java can run browser tests, hooks them into Hudson via a maven plugin and also provides a rake task for Rails. Claims it turns JavaScript specs into CI-breaking failures so front-end code is accountable, captures XHRs and spies on console calls, and ships as portable scripts that run under Maven or a simple Java command. It works and breaks the build when tests fail.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:52Test your logic!
3. 3:04Testing Greenfield
4. 5:24How to refactor?
5. 5:58Globals make testing tough!
6. 6:12Refactor it!
7. 6:43Encapsulation makes for cleaner tests
8. 7:24Introducing Spies!
9. 7:36Testing myNS.log
10. 9:00Jasmine-AJAX to the rescuel
11. 10:11EnvJasmine - Jasmine made easier!
12. 13:13EnvJasmine in Maven
13. 13:44EnvJasmine in Rails

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