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{
    "name": "Noun.js",
    "description": "This is a REST API against the noun part of Merriam-Webster dictionary",
    "version": "0.0.1",
    "private": true,
    "scripts": {
        "start": "node app.js",
        "test" : "./node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha -u bdd -R spec",
        "startLocal" : "nodemon -e html app.js"
    },

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"scripts": {
    	"start": "node app.js",
    	"start_stage": "node app.js 4000",
        "test" : "mocha -u bdd -R spec",
        "test_watch" : "mocha -u bdd -R spec -w"
  }

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function doSomething(p, callback){
   // does something using the p parameter
   // maybe call some other service 
   // that takes a long time to complete
   
   // when that is finally completed.
   // it calls back
   // by just calling the callback function
   callback();
}

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// First I write the call without parameters
doSomething();

// I then adds the parameters
doSomething(123);

// and the function is just another param...
doSomething(123, function(){});

// I then create two new lines between the curlies

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var should = require("should");

describe("Configuration setup", function () {
	it("loads local configuration default", function (done) {
		var config = require("../config")();
		config.mode.should.equal("local");
		done(); // tell mocha that we're done and it can process next test
	});
});

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// first just write the top level describe function
describe('Users');

// now add an empty function to the describe function
describe('Users', function (){});

// add two line breaks and fill the function out
describe('Users', function (){
	describe('Validation');
	describe('Storage');

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  describe("Users", function (){
	describe("Validation", function (){
		it("validates an email address");
		it("validates the presence of a name");
		it("validates the password");
		// and more
});
	describe("Storage", function (){
		it("stores an user");
		it("retrieves an user by id");

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var should = require("should");

var name = "marcus";
name.should.equal("marcus");

// You could go to town and write almost-english...
user.age.should.be.within(5, 50);
(5).should.be.within(5, 10).and.within(5, 5);
(99.99).should.be.approximately(100, 0.1);

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var should = require("should");

var myObject = null;

// DON’T
// this will fail with a "TypeError: Cannot read property 'should' of null" error
myObject.should.exsist(); 

// DO
// this is the proper way of writing an assertion for null

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var name = "marcus";
name.should.equal("marcus");