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A test-driven approach to assessing JS skills
https://github.com/rmurphey/js-assessment

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# A test-driven JS assessment



This repo includes a set of tests that can be used to assess the skills of

a candidate for a JavaScript position, or to evaluate and improve one's own

skills.



## I want to work on the tests; what do I do?

To use the tests, you will need to install [Node](https://nodejs.org/). Note

that on Windows, there are some reports that you will need to restart

after installing Node - see #12.



You can clone or download this repo. Once you have done so, from the root

directory of the repo, run:



    npm install

    npm start



You can then view the tests in your browser at

[http://localhost:4444](http://localhost:4444).



When you visit that page, all of the tests should be failing; your job is to

get the tests to pass. To do this, you'll need to refer to the tests in the

files in the `tests/app` directory, and edit the files in the `app/` directory.

Once you update a test, you can reload the test page in the browser to see

whether it worked.



You can also run (most of) the tests on the command line:



    npm test



The command line runner is a work in progress; contributions welcome :)



### Available dependencies



The repo includes jQuery, Backbone, and Underscore. You can use these

libraries when writing your solutions!



## I want to contribute tests; what do I do?



Submit a pull request! The tests are currently loosely organized by topic, so

you should do your best to add tests to the appropriate file in `tests/app`, or

create a new file there if you don't see an appropriate one. If you do create

a new file, make sure to add it to `tests/runner.js`, and to add a stub for the

solution to the corresponding file in `app/`. Finally, it would be great if you

could update the [answers](https://github.com/rmurphey/js-assessment-answers)

as well.



If you're not sure how or where to add a test, please open an issue.



### Data-driven tests



If your tests need data that can be fetched via XHR, stick a `.json` file in

the `data` directory; you can access it at `/data/.json`.



## I want to see the answers!



First, bear in mind that looking up the answers is going to teach you a whole

lot less than you'll learn by working on the tests, even if you occasionally get

stuck. I'd recommend only looking at the answers once you have the tests

passing, to see if there's another way you could have approached the

problem. When you're ready to look at the answers, you can find them

[here](https://github.com/rmurphey/js-assessment-answers); I'll do my best to

keep them up to date.



## I hate \



This repo uses [Mocha](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha) and

[Chai](http://chaijs.com/) for the tests themselves. It uses the BDD style for authoring tests.

If this doesn't suit you, please fork away, or, better, submit a pull request that lets

this be more flexible than it currently is.



# Todos



There are a number of things that would make this project better; check out the

[issues](https://github.com/rmurphey/js-assessment/issues) for details, pull

requests welcome!



# License



Copyright © 2012-2016 Rebecca Murphey with many thanks to several

[contributors](https://github.com/rmurphey/js-assessment/graphs/contributors).



Creative Commons License



This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.