Testing Angular Applications

Testing Angular Applications by Mike Giambalvo. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781617293641.

Summary Testing Angular Applications is an example-rich, hands-on guide that gives you the real-world techniques you need to thoroughly test all parts of your Angular applications. By the end of this book, youll be able to confidently write unit and end-to-end tests for Angular applications in TypeScript. Foreword by Brad Green, Google. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Technology Dont leave the success of your mission-critical Angular apps to chance. Proper testing improves code quality, reduces maintenance costs, and rewards you with happy users. New tools and best practices can streamline and automate all aspects of testing web apps, both in development and in production. This book gets you started. About the Book Testing Angular Applications teaches you how to make testing an essential part of your development and production processes. Youll start by setting up a simple unit testing system as you learn the fundamental practices. Then, youll fine-tune it as you discover the best tests for Angular components, directives, pipes, services, and routing. Finally, youll explore end-to-end testing, mastering the Protractor framework, and inserting Angular apps into your continuous integration pipeline. Whats inside Getting to know TypeScript Writing and debugging unit tests Writing and debugging end-to-end tests with Protractor Building continuous integration for your entire test suite About the Reader This book is for readers with intermediate JavaScript skills. About the Author Jesse Palmer is a senior engineering manager at Handshake. Corinna Cohn is a single-page web application specialist. Mike Giambalvo and Craig Nishina are engineers at Google. Table of Contents Introduction to testing Angular applications PART 1 - Unit testing Creating your first tests Testing components Testing directives Testing pipes Testing services Testing the router PART 2 - End-to-end testing Getting started with Protractor Understanding timeouts Advanced Protractor topics PART 3 - Continuous integration Continuous integration Appendix A - Setting up the sample project Appendix B - Additional resources