Add tests

[andyhmltn]

This really needs unit tests.

[zspecza]

I have access to a video that outlines ember.js debugging in the developer console very well (as well as some other tips), as for testing - mocha + chai is the best.

[andyhmltn]

Awesome. Yeah I'm gunna look at different testing options. JavaScript doesn't seem to have the same solid options as something like python or ruby

[zspecza]

you'd be surprised - it really does. Mocha is just a base with no assertions library - use something like Chai and you have both BDD and TDD. Jasmine's also pretty good for the browser side.

[andyhmltn]

I played about with Jasmine yesterday. Seems a lot like rspec which is awesome.

[zspecza]

Mocha + chai have the exact same syntax - but with Mocha you can write tests in coffeescript. i.e.

chai = require 'chai'
do chai.should

{User} = require '../user'

describe 'User', ->

    user = null

    it 'should have a name', ->
        user = new User 'Declan'
        user.name.should.equal 'Declan'

    it 'should initially be unactivated', ->
        user = new User 'Bob'
        user.active.should.equal false

    it 'should be able to be activated', ->
        user = new User 'Jim'
        user.activate().should.equal true
        user.active.should.equal true

    it 'should be able to set an email', ->
        user = new User 'Declan'
        user.setEmail('declandewet@me.com').should.equal 'declandewet@me.com'
        user.email.should.equal 'declandewet@me.com'

    it 'should be able to set a password', ->
        user = new User 'Steve'
        user.setPassword('pancakes').should.equal 'pancakes'
        user.password.should.equal 'pancakes'

Then with this Cakefile you can run $ cake test:

fs = require 'fs'
{exec} = require 'child_process'

task 'test', 'runs the tests', ->
    exec 'clear && mocha --compilers coffee:coffee-script --reporter spec --colors', (err, stdout, stderr) ->
        throw err if err
        console.log stdout + stderr

[andyhmltn]

Wow that's exactly what I needed! Thanks :)

[andyhmltn]

I'm having quite a few problems getting tests to work with this application. Is there any chance you can add a small test that sees if the message is sent where you pressenter or something and then do a pull request of you've got time? Only a little one just to give me an idea of how they will work in production

[andyhmltn]

I forgot to mention: could it be a browser based test? One that checks if an action is performed in the browser. That's the part I'm having trouble with