Md. Ziaul Haq - Angular Test-Driven Development

Md. Ziaul Haq is a senior software engineer, Full Stack JavaScript developer, frontend architect, speaker, and certified scrum master from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is a passionate programmer who loves to work on web technologies, mobile application development, and new technologies in general. JavaScript is his current technology stack of choice, in which he is working with Angular, NodeJS, ES2015, ReactJS, VueJS, npm, and socket.io. He has also worked on LAMP technologies (http://www.lamp-technologies.com/) since an early stage in his career.

Ziaul currently works with the Upwork platform development team as a JavaScript developer. He started his career in 2006 as a software developer and, in his 10-year-long journey, he has worked at different companies in various tech roles. He also worked with UNICEF Myanmar and Bangladesh as a consultant. He just completed his MSc in computer science at United International University, Bangladesh.

Ziaul likes to involve himself in the technology community, where he leads three local JavaScript communities, including AngularJS Bangladesh and TalkJS. He is very active in the local JavaScript community, famously known as jquerygeek. You can follow him on Twitter at @jquerygeek.

Ziaul likes to watch sports during his free time. His favorite sports are football and cricket. In spite of being a crazy fan of Barca and Messi for football, he never misses a game when his country, Bangladesh, plays any cricket match.

Ziaul lives in Dhaka with his lovely wife, Richi, sweet son, Aarabi, cute daughter, Aafra, and caring parents. He spends time with family and friends when he is not working.

About the Reviewers

Ramachandra Vellanki is a passionate programmer. He has 13 years of programming experience, has worked in different roles, and has experience in building and maintaining large-scale products/applications. He started his career with IBM iSeries and then worked on C++, MFC, .NET, and JavaScript. Currently, he is working on .NET and JavaScript technologies. He enjoys exploring and learning new technologies.

I would like to thank my parents (Saroja and Ramaiah), wife (Sirisha), and kids (Abhi and Ani) for their love, understanding and constant support. I also would like to thank all my friends and relatives for their continuous encouragement and support throughout my career and life.

Huseyin Babal is an enthusiast Full Stack software engineer and Google Developer Expert who mainly develops web applications using Java, Node.js, and PHP on the backend; Angular, React, and Twitter Bootstrap on the frontend; and Elasticsearch, MongoDB, and Apache Kafka for some research projects. He is the author of NodeJS in Action on Udemy, with over 1500 students. He is also interested in DevOps engineering and applies continuous delivery principles to his projects. He writes tutorials about full-stack development on Tuts+ and Java Code Geeks (https://www.javacodegeeks.com/) and shares his experiences in public conferences.

He lives in Istanbul with his wonderful wife and son. Apart from the computer world, he likes to spend time with his wife by walking at least an hour every day, visiting different places, watching cartoons, and going on summer holidays.

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Preface

This book will provide the reader with a complete guide to test-driven development (TDD) focused on JavaScript and then dive into an Angular approach. It will provide clear, step-by-step examples to continually reinforce the best practices in TDD. This book will look at both unit testing with Karma and end-to-end testing with Protractor, and not only focus on how to use the tools but understand the reason they were built and why they should be used. Throughout, there will be a focus on when, where, and how to use these tools, constantly reinforcing the principles of the test-driven development life cycle (test, execute, and refactor).