14: Time For The Talk...

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Listener Questions

Question from jackreid in slack:

Is there a good introduction to writing tests for your code (specifically JavaScript)? I've seen what some of the tools are, but I've never seen something explaining why/how/when one should write tests and run them.

• Jasmine


• karma


• Gulp


• Sauce Labs


• Drift tests


• Luminous tests


• Writing Testable Javascript


• Spying on JavaScript Methods with Jasmine


• What's the difference between mocks and stubs?

Things Mentioned

• Luminous


• Drift


• ES6 Features


• Learn ES2015


• Coffeescript


• Javascript Fatigue


• Simplified Javascript Jargon


• Challenge: Best JavaScript Setup for Quick Prototyping


• Vue.js


• Vue CLI

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