/Feed-Reader-Testing

project 5 of FEND Udacity

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Project Overview

This is the fifth project of the Frond-End Nanodegree Program of Udacity. In this project, we will be learning about testing with Javascript.

We are given a web-based application that reads RSS feeds.

By using Jasmine we should write a number of tests against a pre-existing application. These will test the underlying business logic of the application as well as the event handling and DOM manipulation.

Steps for completing the project

  1. Review the functionality of the application within your browser.
  2. Explore the application's HTML (./index.html), CSS (./css/style.css) and JavaScript (./js/app.js) to gain an understanding of how it works.
  3. Explore the Jasmine spec file in ./jasmine/spec/feedreader.js and review the Jasmine documentation.
  4. Edit the allFeeds variable in ./js/app.js to make the provided test fail and see how Jasmine visualizes this failure in your application.
  5. Return the allFeeds variable to a passing state.
  6. Write a test that loops through each feed in the allFeeds object and ensures it has a URL defined and that the URL is not empty.
  7. Write a test that loops through each feed in the allFeeds object and ensures it has a name defined and that the name is not empty.
  8. Write a new test suite named "The menu".
  9. Write a test that ensures the menu element is hidden by default. You'll have to analyze the HTML and the CSS to determine how we're performing the hiding/showing of the menu element.
  10. Write a test that ensures the menu changes visibility when the menu icon is clicked. This test should have two expectations: does the menu display when clicked and does it hide when clicked again.
  11. Write a test suite named "Initial Entries".
  12. Write a test that ensures when the loadFeed function is called and completes its work, there is at least a single .entry element within the .feed container.
  13. Write a test suite named "New Feed Selection".
  14. Write a test that ensures when a new feed is loaded by the loadFeed function that the content actually changes.
  15. No test should be dependent on the results of another.
  16. Callbacks should be used to ensure that feeds are loaded before they are tested.
  17. Implement error handling for undefined variables and out-of-bound array access.
  18. When complete - all of your tests should pass.

Running the application

Click here:

https://silviasto.github.io/Feed-Reader-Testing/

or

Clone the repository/ Download files

After downloading/cloning open index.html into the browser.

After loading the page, at the bottom you could see the number of specs and failures. If all tests pass, which means that the code does what is expected to do, the specs will be colored in green.

You can find all tests in feedreader.js file.

Application dependencies:

  • Google Feed Reader API
  • Handlebars templating library
  • jQuery
  • For tests: Jasmine