With the advent of the so-called Web 2.0 platform, more and more applications are using client-side JavaScript for vital features. In fact, some applications are so JS-heavy that they redefine JavaScript as a full-fledged application development language. In this tutorial we discuss some architectural considerations of JS- and AJAX-heavy applications and present in detail our testing framework, with plenty of code examples.

2. Abstract With the advent of the so-called Web 2.0 platform, more and more applications are using client-side JavaScript for vital features. In fact, some applications are so JS-heavy that they redefine JavaScript as a full-fledged application development language. In this tutorial we discuss some architectural considerations of JS- and AJAX-heavy applications and present in detail our testing framework, with plenty of code examples and live demos.

11. JavaScript Tools and Libraries

18. Pivotal Assertions

22. Client-Server Communication

34. JS MVC Architecture JSON Model Objects Notify View Components Render DOM User Events Enqueue Command Objects Execute / undo AJAX (CGI)

36. Q&A

37. More Examples