by Carlos Ble | Nov 24, 2013 | JavaScript, Test Driven Development, Testing
Many frameworks use the word “mock” for what in reality are “spies”. But that’s OK, the work “mock” in English covers actually all the possible test double types… However according to G. Meszaros, a mock object is a...
by Carlos Ble | Oct 30, 2013 | Agile, JavaScript, Retrospectivas, Test Driven Development
Wow, AgileTestingDays 2013 it’s being awesome! I gave my talk today, a practical “live coding” session. Last week I created a real-time application to communicate with the audience so that when I am speaking they can tell me if they are understanding...
by Carlos Ble | Oct 24, 2013 | JavaScript, Plumbing
I didn’t know that the default browser installed on Android is called Webview. I haven’t created any native Android app ever. But I wanted my web app to run on Android using Websockets. Unfortunately, websockets are not implemented in Android Webview. In...
by Carlos Ble | Oct 11, 2013 | JavaScript, pyDoubles, Test Driven Development, Testing
There are several good frameworks out there to create test doubles with JavaScript. Jasmine and Sinon provide test spies and stubs. JsMockito looks good too. However, creating your own API for test stubs is very easy. I’ve created mine as an exercise....
by Carlos Ble | Oct 10, 2013 | JavaScript, Testing
Next week, I’ll be taking part in the London Tester Gathering Workshops at SkillsMatter. I’ll be giving a 4 hours workshop on JavaScript aimed at software testers on Thursday. Inspired by the workshop, I am working on a JavaScript manual for testers...
by Carlos Ble | Sep 24, 2013 | JavaScript, Retrospectivas, Test Driven Development
Talking at SkillsMatter Last week was very intense indeed. I gave my first talk at Skills Matter (video here). BDD for RIAs with JavaScript – Skills Matter from Carlos Ble I must say I am not content with my talk because my English was rubbish but on the other...