User:Roger Pearse/JavaScript Basics
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Installing stuff with NPM
Start any node.js project by:
mkdir MyProject
cd MyProject
echo {} >> package.json
Install tools into the project using:
npm install karma --save-dev <pre> Rather than globally with <pre> npm install karma -g
because then you aren’t dependent on local configuration.
What’s –save-dev? That’s an option that updates the installed packages in the ‘devDependencies’ section of the package.json file. It signifies that a developer will need this package to work with the application, but it’s not required to run the applicaiton i.e. in production.
http://www.bradoncode.com/blog/2015/05/19/karma-angularjs-testing/
Path problem in Windows
If you find that stuff installed with npm is not in the path in git bash, this means that when node was installed, the idiot didn't install as administrator, and the path stuff ended up in his local environment variables, rather than in the system environment variables. Might be able to fix via Windows | env, manually. Otherwise deinstall node from Control Panel, and reinstall.
Editor
Getting started with VS Code
- Great little tutorial! – add to basics - VS Code is the editor to use.
Nodes.js
Unit Testing
Mocha seems to have the lead...
Mocking
Use Sinon instead of Mockito. There’s a before() and after() function. Stub the xhtmlrequest calls.
