Snippets for testing Javascript with nodejs and vows (see http://mattdenner.github.com/2010/08/15/testing-javascript.html)

gistfile1.js

var vows = require('vows'), assert = require('assert'), path = require('path');
var application = require(path.join(process.cwd(), 'public', 'javascripts', 'application'));

gistfile2.js

var SomeHandler = { };
$.load(function() { SomeHandler.do_stuff(); });

gistfile3.js

(function(window, undefined) {
  var jQuery = {};
  window.jQuery = window.$ = jQuery;
})(window);

gistfile4.js

(function(window, $) {
  var SomeHandler = {};
  $.load(function() { SomeHandler.do_stuff(); });

  window.SomeHandler = SomeHandler;
})(window, jQuery);

gistfile5.js

(function(window, $) {
  var SomeHandler = {};
  $.load(function() { SomeHandler.do_stuff(); });

  window.SomeHandler = SomeHandler;
})(this.window || exports, this.jQuery);

gistfile6.js

(function(window, $) {
  var SomeHandler = {
    load: function() {
      $.load(function() { SomeHandler.do_stuff(); });
    }
  };

  window.SomeHandler = SomeHandler;
})(this.window || exports, this.jQuery);

gistfile7.js

handler = {
  handle: function(object) {
    $('#element .' + object.name).text(object.content);
    $('#controls .previous').hide();
    $('#controls .next').show();
  }
};

gistfile8.js

handler = {
  handle: function(object) {
    this.updateTextFor(object);
    this.previous().hide();
    this.next().show();
  },
  updateTextFor: function(object) {
    $('#element .' + object.name).text(object.content);
  },
  previous: function() {
    return $('#controls .previous');
  },
  next: function() {
    return $('#controls .next');
  }
};

vows.rake

namespace :vows do
  task :all do
    format = ENV['VOWS_FORMAT']
    params = Dir[File.join(%w{vows ** *_vows.js})]
    params.unshift("--#{ format }") unless format.nil? or format.empty?
    system('vows', *params)
  end
end

desc 'Runs all of the Javascript vows for testing the Javascript (VOWS_FORMAT="spec" for more output)'
task :vows => 'vows:all'