Research and Provide a Demo of Unit Testing for front-end JavaScript code

[roslynwythe]

Overview

We need to select a strategy and a test framework for running unit tests against the front-end JavaScript code in the HfLA website, so that tests can be run first locally and then ultimately as a Pull Request check, in order to ensure the quality of JavaScript code updates. In this issue several sample unit tests will be developed and will be run locally from the command line.

Action Items

• [ ] Research strategies for unit testing including the Jasmine test framework
  • [ ] If a different test framework is preferred, consult with a dev lead
  • [ ] provide comments documenting the selection, installation and configuration of the test framework
  • [ ] In a new git branch, create a folder under the website root named unittests-JSfrontend
  • [ ] In the new folder create several unit tests. Provide comments describing your reasoning for selection of unit tests.
  • [ ] Invoke the tests from the command line
  • [ ] provide comments documenting the commands for running the tests
  • [ ] Submit a pull request, land provide links to the relevant comments that will be useful for reviewers.

Resources/Instructions

https://jasmine.github.io/ [How to Test a GitHub Action with GitHub Actions]

• This issue is a follow-up to #2249

[HackforLABot]

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