Google open sources JavaScript testing tools

JS Test code moved from internal ops

By Iain Thomson in San Francisco, 30th September 2011

Google is open sourcing one of its key JavaScript testing tools in an effort to get developers to speed up web applications.

Google JS Test is used internally on the V8 JavaScript engine using in Chrome. Google has attributed much of the speed increases it claims for the browser to the performance of the V8 engine, and the company is clearly hoping this will improve matters further.

The code includes a testing function with the ability to create mock functions or class instances that can be used to check code’s operating parameters within the unit testing framework. Test runs on functions can then be carried out using the gjstest tool. Testing can be done outside the browser, but only without touching the Document Object Model (DOM).

“A requirement for using Google JS Test for a test is that the test and the code it executes be composed of pure JS,” the company said in its release notes. “That's not to say that you can't test code that manipulates the DOM – you can still do so by passing in mock implementations of DOM manipulation functions in your tests.” ®

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Posted Saturday 1st October 2011 22:55 GMT

Anonymous Coward

Not that useful without DOM really

There are many JS testing frameworks like this. Please supply something headless with a DOM!

Posted Monday 3rd October 2011 10:22 GMT

ratfox

"Deflecting attention"?

For the life of me, I can't see what media would be distracted from whatever they are doing by something as obscure as the open sourcing of JavaScript testing tools. Seriously, about 1% of the population understands what this is about, and a much smaller percentage actually cares.

Posted Monday 3rd October 2011 00:05 GMT

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