ws_npm

An intro to node package management.

Running Tests

We continue to use QUnit to define tests that you should attempt to complete.
The difference now is that there is no browser – you must install the source code and the test framework and then run the tests from the command line:

1. To download the code, either use git (the simplest option):

git clone https://github.com/portsoc/ws_npm.git
cd ws_npm

or download and unpack the zip which on linux can be achieved using

wget https://github.com/portsoc/ws_npm/archive/master.zip

then

unzip master.zip
cd ws_npm-master

2. To download the QUnit files (and any libraries it uses, which you need to do before the first run of tests, but just the once) type:

npm install

3. Run the tests by typing:

npm test

On Windows, you must use Git Bash (or a similar terminal emulator) to run npm test. This is installed by default once you have installed Git and can be found in the "Git" folder in the start menu.

4. Inside test.js you will find helpful comments that tell you what the tests expect.

Git: A recommendation

If at all possible, we recommend you use git to download code rather than zips of a repository. This is prefereable because if the repo is updated, then syncing those changes requires just one command (git pull) and usually any merging can be done automatically. Git is very powerful and we heartily encourage you to become familiar with it.