7/02/2013

Using Nock and Jasmine-Node to Target Your Server's HTTP Requests

I am continuing along my path of "test driven development" discovery and am finding it fraught with challenges. All my progress has shown me how crucial TDD is for success, and I am constantly reminded of how effective it is. The latest challenge I had was to test the outgoing http call of my node server. I was testing a module that sent an http request in a private method. It was crucial that my testing confirm the outgoing URL. This is not as straight forward as it sounds.