Test-Driven Development in Javascript

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TDD on JavaScript is presented as using tests as blueprints that guide you from requirements to exactly the needed code. The talk covers the red‑green‑refactor cycle, continuous integration and pair programming, and demonstrates tools: Jasmine, Mocha + Sinon for tests, Istanbul for coverage and grunt‑mutation‑testing for mutation testing, arguing these practices produce living documentation, expose weak tests, enable safe refactoring and measurably improve maintainability.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:19Engineering practices
3. 7:41What is TDD
4. 15:09Agile process
5. 18:18Baby steps & pair programming
6. 20:43SOLID & simple solutions
7. 22:11Continuous Integration
8. 22:52JS testing tools
9. 25:47Code coverage
10. 26:54Mutation testing
11. 28:20Custom code analysis
12. 30:06TDD reading list
13. 31:14Unit tests & quality
14. 32:30Selling TDD
15. 33:37Adopting TDD
16. 36:21Pair programming
17. 39:45When it works
18. 40:28Pair goals & teamwork

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