A Test-Driven Development Introduction to Angular 2 – Part 2

Matthew Brown AngularJS, JavaScript, Single-Page Application, Technology Snapshot, Testing 5 Comments

In this updated blog post, we’ve built an employee directory using Angular 2 with unit tests, gone over some differences between Angular 2 and version 1, and introduced some of the features of TypeScript.

I originally wrote this article/application when Angular 2 was still in beta. Now that it has released officially, I have updated the source code to reflect updates made to the Angular 2 framework for release. My approach to get this working was to start from the new Angular 2 quick-start project, port in the original application source code, and refactor as needed to make things work. Let’s get started…



Quick Start: End-to-End Testing With Protractor

Todd Horn AngularJS, JavaScript, Technology Snapshot, Testing, Tutorial Leave a Comment

As AngularJS applications become more complex, manual testing becomes unreliable and repetitive. Unit Testing is a great start for testing the code, but eventually End-to-End testing is needed for better coverage.

A great tool to use for this is Protractor, an end-to-end test framework for AngularJS applications. In this blog, we’ll briefly introduce the benefits of Protractor and give you the steps needed to get started with the tool.



A Test-Driven Development Introduction to Angular 2

Matthew Brown AngularJS, JavaScript, Testing, Tutorial 5 Comments

Note This blog post and application were created when Angular 2 was in Beta. Since, I have updated the application to the Angular 2 final release. You can view that updated post here: https://keyholesoftware.com/2017/02/01/test-driven-angular-2-part-2/ Introduction AngularJS is a popular framework used for building single-page applications. One great benefit of using Angular is that it is easy to incorporate automated testing. …



Cucumber

Introducing Cucumber for Java + STANDARD Values

Keith Shakib Agile, Dev Methodologies, Java, Technology Snapshot, Testing 1 Comment

As software developers, we all have our favorite tools for making us successful. Many are perfect for the job when getting started but are soon outgrown. Others require too much setup and training to “dip your toes in the water” just to simply find out if they are the right tool. Cucumber JVM is a testing framework that enhances JUnit …