Comments on: Automated Unit Testing for JavaScript http://aptoma.com/select.star/2010/03/03/automated-unit-testing-for-javascript/ web-development, and other issues we really, really care about Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:56:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bowmanave http://aptoma.com/select.star/2010/03/03/automated-unit-testing-for-javascript/comment-page-1/#comment-8097 Bowmanave Thu, 20 Jan 2011 05:31:22 +0000 http://aptoma.com/select.star/?p=1192#comment-8097 It would probably be good to start a javascript testing project in contrib (e.g. qunit), before trying to move it into core for Drupal 8. That way, we can have tests for Drupal 7 even if they're not in core, and it would be a great starting point for a JavaScript testing framework for Drupal 8. Also, I'd like to note that I no longer think that using qunit is the best approach. While qunit is a wonderful automated JavaScript testing framework, my understanding is that it's really designed to test JavaScript independent of web content, not JavaScript that depends on PHP-driven web content (such as collapsible fieldsets, sticky table headers, tabledrag, and nearly every other major JavaScript implementation in Drupal). I think we should work out the details of a testing framework in contrib before coming in with a core patch. It would probably be good to start a javascript testing project in contrib (e.g. qunit), before trying to move it into core for Drupal 8. That way, we can have tests for Drupal 7 even if they're not in core, and it would be a great starting point for a JavaScript testing framework for Drupal 8.

Also, I'd like to note that I no longer think that using qunit is the best approach. While qunit is a wonderful automated JavaScript testing framework, my understanding is that it's really designed to test JavaScript independent of web content, not JavaScript that depends on PHP-driven web content (such as collapsible fieldsets, sticky table headers, tabledrag, and nearly every other major JavaScript implementation in Drupal). I think we should work out the details of a testing framework in contrib before coming in with a core patch.

]]> By: pahen http://aptoma.com/select.star/2010/03/03/automated-unit-testing-for-javascript/comment-page-1/#comment-8044 pahen Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:27:33 +0000 http://aptoma.com/select.star/?p=1192#comment-8044 Thanks for the tip but in fact we're using TestCase without using Ruby. But if we starting use Ruby, I'll definitely take a look at it. Thanks for the tip but in fact we're using TestCase without using Ruby. But if we starting use Ruby, I'll definitely take a look at it.

]]> By: Steven Parkes http://aptoma.com/select.star/2010/03/03/automated-unit-testing-for-javascript/comment-page-1/#comment-8043 Steven Parkes Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:47:33 +0000 http://aptoma.com/select.star/?p=1192#comment-8043 Since you use Ruby, you might also want to look at the Ruby/Spidermonkey fork of env.js at <a href="http://github.com/smparkes/env-js." rel="nofollow">http://github.com/smparkes/env-js.</a> Since you use Ruby, you might also want to look at the Ruby/Spidermonkey fork of env.js at http://github.com/smparkes/env-js.

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