Episode 006 - Unit testing and whiskey tasting

Published: April 26, 2016, 3:23 a.m.

b'We\\u2019ve all heard unit testing is good, but how do you get started writing unit tests? In this episode of Front End Happy Hour we share our experiences and advice writing unit tests. We discuss why it\\u2019s important and beneficial to have unit tests in your JavaScript. We share how we\\u2019ve approached unit tests and what a good unit test looks like. We also talk about the various tools and frameworks available to get your code properly tested.\\n\\nItems mentioned in the episode:\\nSelenium, Black-box testing, White-box testing, Ember guides, Mocha, Jasmine, QUnit, Tape, Jest, Webpack, 5 Questions Every Unit Test Must Answer, Ember CLI, React CLI, Karma, What is the difference between a test runner, testing framwork, assertion library, and a testing plugin?, Ember Guides introduction to Unit Testing\\n\\nPanelists:\\nRyan Burgess - @burgessdryan\\nAugustus Yuan - @augburto\\nJem Young - @JemYoung\\nDerrick Showers - @derrickshowers\\n\\nPicks:\\nRyan Burgess - Caffeine for Mac\\nRyan Burgess - Odesza\\nAugustus Yuan - Google Doodles\\nAugustus Yuan - OSSU Computer Science curriculum\\nAugustus Yuan - Mura Masa - What If I Go?\\nAugustus Yuan - teamLab: Living Digital Space and Future Parks\\nJem Young - Flume - the mixtape\\nJem Young - Programming Sucks\\nJem Young - Hype Machine\\nDerrick Showers - Google Calendar goals\\nDerrick Showers - $13 bluetooth headset'