Preface
This book is about being a better JavaScript developer. So, throughout the chapters, you will not only learn about writing tests in the Jasmine 'idiom', but also about the best practices in writing software in the JavaScript language. It is about acknowledging JavaScript as a real platform for application development and leveraging all its potential. It is also about tooling and automation and how to make your life easier and more productive.
Most importantly, this book is about craftsmanship of not only working software, but also well-crafted software.
Jasmine JavaScript Testing, Second Edition is a practical guide to writing and automating JavaScript testing for web applications. It uses technologies such as Jasmine, Node.js, and webpack.
Over the course of the chapters, the concept of test-driven development is explained through the development of a simple stock market Investment Tracker application. It starts with the basics of testing through the development of the base domain classes (such as stock and investment), passes through the concepts of maintainable browser code, and concludes with a full refactoring to a React.js application build on ECMA Script 6 modules and automated build.
