Testing AJAX with Web Component Tester -- Polycasts #37

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Elements that need to get data from a backend service can be tricky to test. Do you need to startup your own test server just to verify an element does what it's supposed to? Is that even a good idea? Today on Polycasts I'll show you have to use Web Component Tester and a library called Sinon.js to mock your back end and speed up your unit tests. By mocking your backend you can verify that your element's work in isolation, which is a crucial step to having good overall test coverage of your app.

Web Component Tester
https://github.com/Polymer/web-component-tester

Iron Ajax
https://github.com/PolymerElements/iron-ajax

Sinon.js
http://sinonjs.org/

Chai Expect
http://chaijs.com/api/bdd/

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Chrome
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AJAX
Web Component Tester
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Sinon.js
Iron Ajax
Chai Expect
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fullname: rob dodson
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