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kakinan

Can you use QUnit to test event triggering?

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in QUnit and Testing • 12 years ago

Hi,

I'm new to QUnit and I'm doing a quick look through whether QUnit is the right unit testing API for me. I want something to test JavaScript code by triggering an event, i.e. a mouse click or a key stroke. Can somebody be kind enough to let me know if this is possible via QUnit? I've tried to follow the jQuery QUnit documentation, but there are a lot of broken links and I'm lost. If possible please let me know where can I read more about it.

Many thanks.

Warmest Regards,
Alexander

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kbwood.au

Re: Can you use QUnit to test event triggering?

12 years ago

Yes, it's possible. I use the simulate plugin for this. See a description of the testing process in conjunction with my plugin framework, and an example test page (including keystroke events). You can download all the source at the bottom of the framework page.

kakinan

Re: Re: Can you use QUnit to test event triggering?

12 years ago

Hi,

Thanks for the kind suggestion. I've been messing around with the code for the past few days and found it really useful. :)

kakinan

Re: Can you use QUnit to test event triggering?

12 years ago

Hi,

I have another question. The suggestions kbwood.au gave seems to be a client-side testing unit. I was wondering if anyone happened to know of how to deploy QUnit on the server-side, or known of any documentation that you can refer me to? I read on Wikipedia you can use QUnit for both client-side and server-side unit testing, but could not find much documentation to deploy it on the server-side.

Once again many thanks

Warmest Regards,
Alexander

joshuawei..

Re: Can you use QUnit to test event triggering?

12 years ago

QUnit can also do some server-side Ajax calls using asyncTest:

asyncTest("mytest", function() {
  setTimeout(function(){
    // do some Ajax calls here with $.get
    ok(true, "always fine");
    start(); // continue with other tests
  }, 13); // stop and wait around 13 milliseconds before running the test
});

QUnit can also be used for testing with Server Side Javascript, such as Node.js or Rhino:
Examples:
http://github.com/kof/node-qunit
or JsChilicat, which are "headless" in that they can execute JavaScript unit tests without opening a browser.

If you already have Java and Continuous Integration set up, you could try this:
http://www.bitmechanic.com/blog/2009/01/09/continuous-integration-for-qunit-tests/

If you want an automated way to open a browser and test the Javascript code, you should look at a
Test Automation Framework

->> Josh W. <<-

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