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Test-Driven JavaScript Development

You're reading from   Test-Driven JavaScript Development Learn JavaScript test-driven development using popular frameworks and tools

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2015
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ISBN-13 9781782174929
Length 240 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ravi Kumar Gupta Ravi Kumar Gupta
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Implementing the observer pattern using TDD


We will see how we can use TDD to implement the observer pattern. We will use the red, green, and refactor life cycle of TDD to understand it in more detail.

Red step (code with error)

Let's try to add code, which has some dependency. Don't include dependency in the first step and see what error it's giving. Normally in the red step, we have some code with error, and then in next step we add proper code to make it green.

<script type="text/javascript">

Object.defineProperty(employee.status, 'Active', {
    get: function () {
        return inactive;
    },

    set: function (status) {

       
        Object.getNotifier(this).notify({
            type: 'update',
            name: 'Inactive',
            oldValue: inactive
        });

        // Let's also print the value in logger anytime it gets
        // set for status
        console.log('set', status);

        inactive = b;
    }
});
</script>

When we run the preceding code, we...

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