nodeJS: Beginnings

So two posts ago I documented my first foray into nodeJS. The result was a simple HTTP server that served one line of static HTML. All I really accomplished was to prove to myself that nodeJS was installed correctly, I could copy/paste six lines of code, and that the copied code would actually create a …

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Shiny New Tech

I have been playing with some new toys in the JavaScript space. It started over a year ago with my interest in using BDD to design and code JavaScript for the browser. I started with JSpec and made the transition to Jasmine. Along the way I puttered around in JQuery and even a bit in …

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BDD & Javascript, Feedback Needed

Lately, the teams I’ve been coaching have been looking to get Unit Test coverage around their Javascript code. This has resulted in the following approach: Extract the Javascript code from a JSP page and save it in its own .js file Add test coverage using Jasmine Remove said Javascript from the JSP, replacing the embedded code …

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