In our last post, we created a ViewModel which models the basic functionality we would like on the page. As a reminder, we have a Knockout “observable array” of items suitable for binding; each item is a JavaScript object containing a title and description in addition to a value called complete which indicates if this … Continue reading »
Southwestern Road Trip Day Two: Santa Fe
When the Spanish came to the area that’s now called Santa Fe, they would have found a number of Pueblo villages along what is now called the Santa Fe river. Today, it’s a city of nearly 70,000 that offers a world class mixture of people, Pueblo Revival style architecture, distinct landscape, and a rich arts … Continue reading »
Southwestern Road Trip Day One: Albuquerque
I’ve wanted to visit Santa Fe again for as long as I can remember. We recently got the opportunity, having planned a four day road trip from Albuquerque to Denver. We flew in to Albuqurque Monday morning. We could tell we were somewhere far from Toronto right away – Banana Yucca plants decorated the airport … Continue reading »
Test Driven Development with KnockoutJS, VisualStudio, and Karma
I’m giving a presentation on KnockoutJS and TDD at DevTeach in Toronto on Wednesday. I’ll be doing a live code demo, which is always exciting (at least for the presenter). I thought I’d write a quick article recording the steps I go through as part of the demo. Legacy Code Legacy Code, according to my … Continue reading »
Test Driven Development with KnockoutJS, VisualStudio, and Karma: Live Demo
I’m giving a presentation on KnockoutJS, Karma-Runner, and TDD at DevTeach in Toronto on Wednesday. I’ll be doing a live code demo, which is always exciting (at least for the presenter). Here’s a screen grab of me practicing the live code demo. Topics covered: Creating project in VisualStudio, adding knockout and jasmine via nuget Setting … Continue reading »
Testing with Angular’s E2E Testing Framework
Note Special Collaboration This article is a special collaboration between Stephane Bisson, who developed the concept, the app, and the spec, and Kyle Hodgson who helped write and produce the article. The Problem Testing AngularJS applications with Selenium can be difficult! I’ve seen teams struggle with waits and timeouts, writing jQuery selectors, and all sorts … Continue reading »
Knockoutjs on CDN? yes..
Reblogged from happy && coding: Sometimes you just want to use a CDN for scripts, especially if you are working with cloud IDE’s and the like, similar to Cloud9 or Icenium. So one place that seems robust is Microsoft’s AJAX CDN network. Read more… 2 more words Continue reading »