2015
Lynda
Alex Zanfir
0:33
English

Create scalable and rock-solid applications for desktop, web, and mobile devices using a test-driven development process and Node.js. In this short course Alex Zanfir shows how to plan and write tests with Node.js and useful Node.js-based frameworks such as Mocha and Should.js. He'll test both the data and web layers of an example API and show how design solutions can emerge from testing.

Introduction
1m 22s
Welcome
40s
What you should know
21s
Using the exercise files
21s
1. Understanding Test-Driven Development
2m 55s
A note on test-first development
34s
What is testing and test first?
2m 21s
2. Testing Your Data Layer
17m 55s
Introducing the Mocha testing framework
1m 12s
Creating your first test
5m 5s
Making sure you fail first
1m 37s
Getting your test to pass
10m 1s
3. Testing Your Web Layer
10m 46s
Introducing the SuperTest framework
7m 57s
Refactoring your code
1m 59s
Trying the final product
50s
Conclusion
19s
Next steps
19s

Download File Size:105.12 MB

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