Test-driven JavaScript development

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• chernevik · Sep 18, 2011 · Recommends

  …design-problem space. "Pragmatic Programmer" was a big help. I have found test-driven development an enormous help. It feels cumbersome, but you always know what problem you're trying to solve. "Test Driven JavaScript Development", Johansen, is an excellent overview of the approach. I'm also trying to work through Beck's "Test Driven Development By Example" doing the exercises in Ruby, but it's a side project that hasn't gotten…

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• augustl · Jun 26, 2010 · Recommends

  Test Driven JavaScript Development by Christian Johansen. http://www.amazon.com/Test-Driven-JavaScript-Development-Dev... Not out yet, though.

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• chernevik · Jul 21, 2011 · Recommends

  I am but an egg, but . . . "Test Driven JavaScript Development", Chris Johansen, might serve. Not many exercises, but it walks through some of the core JavaScript principles, using tests as a learning / exploring device. "Here's a test showing how the <<…

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• steilpass · Jan 11, 2011 · Recommends

  I highly recommend "Test-Driven JavaScript Development" http://tddjs.com/ for learning JavaScript. Because it involves actual coding.

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• nod · May 15, 2012 · Recommends

  As an alternative, see: Test-Driven JavaScript Development (the book) http://tddjs.com/

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• will_work4tears · May 16, 2014 · Mentions

  Been reading this one on my Kindle app, but it seems very "entry level" so far. You know of any good Intermediate to Advanced JS books out there? I have Test Driven JavaScript Development by Christian Johansen that I've dug into a bit, but have yet to finish (it's got some more "advanced" stuff I guess, currying, etc).

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• daniellmb · Jan 9, 2013 · Mentions

  …Flanagan - High-performance JavaScript by Nicholas Zakas - Object-Oriented JavaScript by Stoyan Stefanov - JavaScript Patterns by Stoyan Stefanov - JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford - Test-Driven JavaScript Development by Christian Johansen - Learning JavaScript Design Patterns by Addy Osmani - High Performance JavaScript by Nicholas C. Zakas and am thinking about getting these: - Maintainable JavaScript by Nicholas…

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• augustl · Jul 3, 2010 · Mentions

  …how you can extract and test logic in separate libraries. It's being used on figureoutwhen.com. [1] http://github.com/augustl/figureoutwhen.com [2] http://cjohansen.no/sinon/ [3] http://www.amazon.com/Test-Driven-JavaScript-Development-Dev... [4] http://ditrw.com/calendar-logic-dot-js/

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• yaddayadda · Feb 13, 2013 · Mentions

  Let's Code: Test-Driven JavaScript - already raised $39,331 on kickstarter [1] - charging 'early' subscribers $19.95/month, but then it goes up to $24.95/month [2] OR Test-Driven JavaScript Development (Developer's Library) - paperback or pdf for a one time fee of $32.62 [3],[4] - Kindle for a one time fee of [5] (although the font size appears to be an issue [6]) - subscription based, along with…

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• telemachos · Apr 19, 2011 · Mentions

  I think newer Javascript books are beginning to add or expand sections on client-side uses and node.js in particular. Two that I know have sections are Test-Driven JavaScript Development[1] and JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Sixth Ed[2]. The TDD chapter on node is probably already out of date in some respects, the Definitive Guide no doubt will soon be out of date, and both are smaller/smallish.…

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