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AngularJS Testing Cookbook
AngularJS Testing Cookbook
180 pages, Paperback
First published March 30, 2015
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June 16, 2015
This cookbook covers a broad range of testing material and additional resources for JavaScript testing, and does a few things better than any other resource out there. I don't think you'll find a more thorough set of tutorials on using Protractor (whose online documentation has always been a bit lacking), covering multiple chapters instead of just the single-chapter throw-in that I've seen in two other Angular books. The author covers testing with both Jasmine (unit testing) and Protractor (end-to-end testing) and establishes a great rhthmn through repeated examples (isn't that what a cookbook is all about?) and helping to paint a clear picture when one is the better tool than the other for testing a particular type of feature in your applications. Additionally, this book is full of links to useful articles and interesting little tools (like Brunch) that I'd never heard of before.
The first couple chapters serve as a great introduction to testing tools and how to work them into your current setup. I appreciated that he took the time to walk through configuring protractor to run with both grunt and gulp, which can be a bit of a nightmare to get right so that it runs correctly and runs for everyone on your team that wants to verify code coverage. It's definitely worth your while too, to check out many of the links he provides on tools like Brunch and Angular Debaser, as they can potentially be great add-ons.
I would have liked to have seen some discussion on organization of test suites and centralizing mock objects for large scale applications, as tests can become horribly disorganized and messy as the project grows. Also, sinon could have used a bit of discussion too, as some shops are making use of it due to its unique features; still many things that Jasmine doesn't yet do as well as it does. Aside from that I think this was an extremely thorough study of Angular testing that's full of great recipes.
The first couple chapters serve as a great introduction to testing tools and how to work them into your current setup. I appreciated that he took the time to walk through configuring protractor to run with both grunt and gulp, which can be a bit of a nightmare to get right so that it runs correctly and runs for everyone on your team that wants to verify code coverage. It's definitely worth your while too, to check out many of the links he provides on tools like Brunch and Angular Debaser, as they can potentially be great add-ons.
I would have liked to have seen some discussion on organization of test suites and centralizing mock objects for large scale applications, as tests can become horribly disorganized and messy as the project grows. Also, sinon could have used a bit of discussion too, as some shops are making use of it due to its unique features; still many things that Jasmine doesn't yet do as well as it does. Aside from that I think this was an extremely thorough study of Angular testing that's full of great recipes.
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