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Practical Test Automation

Learn to Use Jasmine, RSpec, and Cucumber Effectively for Your TDD and BDD

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  • Teaches Jasmine, Rspec, and Cucumber using practical projects – get a solid overview of testing for a variety of platforms

  • Suitable for anyone with basic web development experience who wants to expand their toolset with a focus on testing

  • Written by a developer with 25 years experience teaching and mentoring developers

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction to Jasmine

    • Panos Matsinopoulos
    Pages 1-43
  3. Advanced Jasmine

    • Panos Matsinopoulos
    Pages 45-62
  4. Using Minitest

    • Panos Matsinopoulos
    Pages 63-108
  5. Introduction to RSpec

    • Panos Matsinopoulos
    Pages 109-157
  6. Useful RSpec Tools

    • Panos Matsinopoulos
    Pages 159-198
  7. Introduction to Cucumber

    • Panos Matsinopoulos
    Pages 199-230
  8. Advanced Cucumber

    • Panos Matsinopoulos
    Pages 231-310
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 311-315

About this book

Learn the principles behind test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD) and see how Jasmine, RSpec and Cucumber can be used to your advantage. This book examines some of the leading technologies used for testing.

You'll see how to use Jasmine’s features to work with a JavaScript application. You will learn how to use Mini Test and RSpec with Ruby and Rubymine. Finally, you’ll use Cucumber to develop your software using a BDD approach.

Understanding test automation is a vital skill for any web developer. Practical Test Automation breaks down for you some of the important TDD and BDD technologies on the modern web.

What You'll Learn

  • Test an example JavaScript application with Jasmine
  • Use Jasmine with JS Bin
  • Work with Minitest for test-driven development
  • Test an example Ruby project with RSpec
  • Use Cucumber and Gherkin for behavior-driven development
  • Integrate Cucumber with RSpec

Who This Book Is For

This book is for anyone who wants to learn test automation and more about test-driven development and behavior-driven development.

Authors and Affiliations

  • KERATEA, Greece

    Panos Matsinopoulos

About the author

Panos Matsinopoulos loves developing programs, both for web browsers and for mobile apps. He has been doing that for the past 25 years and has developed numerous applications. He also loves writing books, blogging and teaching computer programming. He has organized a lot of programming classes for kids, adults and elderly people. You can read find him on Twitter @pmatsino.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Practical Test Automation

  • Book Subtitle: Learn to Use Jasmine, RSpec, and Cucumber Effectively for Your TDD and BDD

  • Authors: Panos Matsinopoulos

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6141-5

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books

  • Copyright Information: Panos Matsinopoulos 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-6140-8Published: 22 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-6141-5Published: 21 August 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 315

  • Number of Illustrations: 89 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Web Development

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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