Comments on: A WinJS SpecRunner: Automating Script Tag Insertion For Unit Tests http://lostechies.com/derickbailey/2012/08/21/a-winjs-specrunner-automating-script-tag-insertion-for-unit-tests/ Better Than Yesterday Mon, 20 May 2013 17:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: kamranayub http://lostechies.com/derickbailey/2012/08/21/a-winjs-specrunner-automating-script-tag-insertion-for-unit-tests/#comment-2882 kamranayub Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:49:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/derickbailey/?p=993#comment-2882 Have you guys made headway into this more? I'm starting to write tests for my app and am using a test runner like this... the manual linking is annoying. Since apps you're developing/debugging can access the network, could you create a Web API proxy to redirect requests to the local file system? i.e. http://localhost:999/js/foo.js is translated to the appropriate file path. Maybe that's overkill; maybe you could use Node to help out or something. Have you guys made headway into this more? I’m starting to write tests for my app and am using a test runner like this… the manual linking is annoying.

Since apps you’re developing/debugging can access the network, could you create a Web API proxy to redirect requests to the local file system? i.e. http://localhost:999/js/foo.js is translated to the appropriate file path.

Maybe that’s overkill; maybe you could use Node to help out or something.

]]> By: kamranayub http://lostechies.com/derickbailey/2012/08/21/a-winjs-specrunner-automating-script-tag-insertion-for-unit-tests/#comment-2774 kamranayub Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:38:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/derickbailey/?p=993#comment-2774 I've been working with WinJS for a bit and I feel the same way I felt about working with Node.js: you need to write tests or you'll go insane. What made you guys decide to do a separate project (besides organization)? In WinRT, I assume there's a way to see if you're inside a debugging context (or local context, i.e. not installed "for real"). If so, why not add an icon to the app bar and run your tests within the app, so you don't need to manually link stuff? Off the top of my head, the only thing that jumps to mind is that the file size and app size will increase because everything's together, rather than if you separate. I’ve been working with WinJS for a bit and I feel the same way I felt about working with Node.js: you need to write tests or you’ll go insane.

What made you guys decide to do a separate project (besides organization)? In WinRT, I assume there’s a way to see if you’re inside a debugging context (or local context, i.e. not installed “for real”). If so, why not add an icon to the app bar and run your tests within the app, so you don’t need to manually link stuff?

Off the top of my head, the only thing that jumps to mind is that the file size and app size will increase because everything’s together, rather than if you separate.

]]> By: Mohamed Mansour http://lostechies.com/derickbailey/2012/08/21/a-winjs-specrunner-automating-script-tag-insertion-for-unit-tests/#comment-2715 Mohamed Mansour Wed, 22 Aug 2012 03:50:00 +0000 http://lostechies.com/derickbailey/?p=993#comment-2715 Thanks for this post, nicely written! Thanks for this post, nicely written!

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