Jasmine basics and thinking in BDD
Based on the application presented previously, we can start writing acceptance criteria that define investment:
- Given an investment, it should be of a stock
- Given an investment, it should have the invested shares' quantity
- Given an investment, it should have the share price paid
- Given an investment, it should have a cost
Using the standalone distribution downloaded in the previous chapter, the first thing we need to do is create a new spec file. This file can be created anywhere, but it is a good idea to stick to a convention, and Jasmine already has a good one: specs should be in the /spec folder. Create an InvestmentSpec.js file and add the following lines:
describe("Investment", function() {
});The describe function is a global Jasmine function used to define test contexts. When used as the first call in a spec, it creates a new test suite (a collection of test cases). It accepts two parameters, which are as follows:
- The name of the test suite...
