Unit Testing and Test Driven Development in NodeJS
Learning the discipline of Test Driven Development (also known as TDD) in NodeJS with Javascript.
Updated on Sep, 2023
Language - English
Course Description
Test Driven Development is a key discipline every software developer should practice to ensure the quality of their code. In this course I'll show you how to use this discipline in your everyday coding practices to help ensure the quality of your code base.
In this course we’ll be going over:
- What is Unit Testing and Test Driven Development and how does it help you.
- What are the Mocha and Chai testing libraries and how are they used for writing unit tests in NodeJS.
- How to setup some common NodeJS development environments to use Mocha and Chai.
- What are Test Doubles and how do you implement and use them with Sinon.
- What are some Best Practices for unit testing and Test Driven Development.
- We’ll also walk through some hands on example programming sessions using TDD in NodeJS.
Goals
What will you learn in this course:
- Learn what is Unit Testing and Test Driven Development and how does it help you.
- What are the Mocha and Chai testing libraries and how are they used for writing unit tests in NodeJS.
- How to setup some common NodeJS development environments to use Mocha and Chai.
- What are Test Doubles and how do you implement and use them with Sinon.
- What are some Best Practices for unit testing and Test Driven Development.
- We’ll also walk through some hands on example programming sessions using TDD in NodeJS.
Prerequisites
What are the prerequisites for this course?
- Introductory understanding of Javascript and NodeJS
- A PC running Windows, MacOS X, or Linux
- NodeJS installed on the PC
- Your preferred IDE or code editor installed
Curriculum
Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course
Introduction
1 Lectures
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Introduction
02:22
02:22
Overview and Setting Up Your Development Environment
9 Lectures
Exploring Mocha and Chai with Examples
6 Lectures
Hands-On Example - Implementing a Checkout Cart with TDD
7 Lectures
Isolating Your Unit Tests
5 Lectures
Best Practices for Unit Testing and TDD
3 Lectures
Conclusion
1 Lectures
Instructor Details
Richard Wells
Professional software engineer passionate about quality codeI'm a software engineer with over twenty years of experience. I've worked professionally writing code in Assembly, C, C++, Java, C#, Javascript and Python and I am knowledgeable with the entire software development life cycle. I've written system requirements, software requirements, use cases, and user stories. I'm an avid practicer of Agile, Scrum, and Extreme Programming disciplines. I'm passionate about the process of writing quality software fast.
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