Testing Web Applications

Slide deck: http://www.slideshare.net/sethmcl/testing-web-applications-34887514

Demo Resources

demo_app contains the sample weather app project

First step

Ensure you have node.js installed, and then run npm install from the demo_app directory.

Demo Server

To start the demo server, simply run npm start

End to End tests

The end to end tests are written with the Nightwatch.js library. The code for the tests can be found in test/end_to_end/boston.js.

You can run the tests with the command:

npm run-script e2e

Note: You must have Firefox installed

Unit Tests (server side code)

The unit tests for server side code are written using the Mocha library. Test source code is located in test/unit/lib/Weather.spec.js.

You can run the tests with the command:

npm test

Unit Tests (client side code)

The unit tests for client side code are written using the Venus.js framework, and utilize the Mocha library. Test source code is located in test/unit/static_assets/js/WeatherWidget.spec.js.

You can run the tests with the command:

npm run-script test-browser