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Angular Services

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785882616
Length 294 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting Up the Environment 2. Introducing Wire-Frames FREE CHAPTER 3. The Collector Service - Using Controllers to Collect Data 4. The Rating Service - Data Management 5. The Notifier Service - Creating Cron Jobs in Angular 6. The Evidence Tree Builder Service - Implementing the Business Logic 7. The Report Generator Service - Creating Controllers to Set Report Template 8. The Accuracy Manager Service - Putting It All Together

Why are test frameworks not practical here?


As we can see, the strategy explained previously sounds very much like usual tests. One might say, why can't we use unit tests instead of implementing another component/service for measuring accuracy? The answer is because our intention is not to test the application in order to find flaws. The point is, tests are a way to find flaws in what we EXPECT from a piece of code. Take a look at the following test, for example:

it('should test TF-IDF accuracy', () => { 
  expect(/* query outcome */).toBe(/* valid */); 
}); 

Note

The keywords such as "it", "expect", and "toBe" are the real function names used in testing. If you are interested in learning more about testing try: Jasmin Cookbook (https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/jasmine-cookbook).

So this code snippet here says we want 'to test TF-IDF accuracy' and we 'expect that our Custom Search Engine results are valid'. And how possibly can we guarantee that! As you might have guessed, there...

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