Unit Testing Backbone.JS Applications

A starting collection of tools and environment that helps automate unit testing of Backbone.JS applications

Summary

This is a good collection of tools and environment for starting off running TDD on Backbone.JS applications.

Tools discussed:

• Command line JavaScript execution environment: node.js
• JavaScript unit testing framework: Mocha
• Test Development Environment: Test’em
• JavaScript assertion library: Chai Assertion Library
• Spies, stubs, and mocks: Sinon.JS
• Additional assertions: Sinon.JS Assertions for Chai