Starting a node.js project

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Requires

• git
• nodejs (npm)

Create the project:

PROJECT="my-project-name"
mkdir "$PROJECT"
cd "$PROJECT"
git init
npm init
  # name: (default)
  # version: (default)
  # description: what my project does
  # entry point: (default)
  # test command: mocha src/test/js
  # git repository: (empty)
  # keywords: (empty)
  # author: My Name <[email protected]>
  # license: your choice
  # Is this ok? (default)

Set up testing

mkdir -p src/test/js
npm install --save-dev mocha
npm install --save-dev expect
npm test

Example test:

var expect = require('expect');
describe('Array', function() {
  describe('#indexOf()', function () {
    it('should return -1 when the value is not present', function () {
    	expect([1,2,3].indexOf(5)).toEqual(-1);
    	expect([1,2,3].indexOf(0)).toEqual(-1);
    });
  });
});