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Developing for Jasmine Core

We welcome your contributions - Thanks for helping make Jasmine a better project for everyone. Please review the backlog and discussion lists (the main group - http://groups.google.com/group/jasmine-js and the developer's list - http://groups.google.com/group/jasmine-js-dev) before starting work - what you're looking for may already have been done. If it hasn't, the community can help make your contribution better.

General Workflow

Please submit pull requests via feature branches using the semi-standard workflow of:

  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create new Pull Request

We favor pull requests with very small, single commits with a single purpose.

Background

Directory Structure

  • /src contains all of the source files
    • /src/console - Node.js-specific files
    • /src/core - generic source files
    • /src/html - browser-specific files
  • /spec contains all of the tests
    • mirrors the source directory
    • there are some additional files
  • /dist contains the standalone distributions as zip files
  • /lib contains the generated files for distribution as the Jasmine Rubygem and the Python package

Self-testing

Note that Jasmine tests itself. The files in lib are loaded first, defining the reference jasmine. Then the files in src are loaded, defining the reference j$. So there are two copies of the code loaded under test.

The tests should always use j$ to refer to the objects and functions that are being tested. But the tests can use functions on jasmine as needed. Be careful how you structure any new test code. Copy the patterns you see in the existing code - this ensures that the code you're testing is not leaking into the jasmine reference and vice-versa.

boot.js

This is new for Jasmine 2.0.

This file does all of the setup necessary for Jasmine to work. It loads all of the code, creates an Env, attaches the global functions, and builds the reporter. It also sets up the execution of the Env - for browsers this is in window.onload. While the default in lib is appropriate for browsers, projects may wish to customize this file.

For example, for Jasmine development there is a different dev_boot.js for Jasmine development that does more work.

Compatibility

  • Browser Minimum
    • IE8
    • Firefox 3.x
    • Chrome ??
    • Safari 5

Development

All source code belongs in src/. The core/ directory contains the bulk of Jasmine's functionality. This code should remain browser- and environment-agnostic. If your feature or fix cannot be, as mentioned above, please degrade gracefully. Any code that should only be in a non-browser environment should live in src/console/. Any code that depends on a browser (specifically, it expects window to be the global or document is present) should live in src/html/.

Install Dependencies

Jasmine Core relies on Ruby and Node.js.

To install the Ruby dependencies, you will need Ruby, Rubygems, and Bundler available. Then:

$ bundle

...will install all of the Ruby dependencies.

To install the Node dependencies, you will need Node.js, Npm, and Grunt, the grunt-cli and ensure that grunt is on your path.

$ npm install --local

...will install all of the node modules locally. If when you run

$ grunt

...you see that JSHint runs your system is ready.

How to write new Jasmine code

Or, How to make a successful pull request

  • Do not change the public interface. Lots of projects depend on Jasmine and if you aren't careful you'll break them
  • Be environment agnostic - server-side developers are just as important as browser developers
  • Be browser agnostic - if you must rely on browser-specific functionality, please write it in a way that degrades gracefully
  • Write specs - Jasmine's a testing framework; don't add functionality without test-driving it
  • Write code in the style of the rest of the repo - Jasmine should look like a cohesive whole
  • Ensure the entire test suite is green in all the big browsers, Node, and JSHint - your contribution shouldn't break Jasmine for other users

Follow these tips and your pull request, patch, or suggestion is much more likely to be integrated.

Running Specs

Jasmine uses the Jasmine Ruby gem to test itself in browser.

$ rake jasmine

...and then visit http://localhost:8888 to run specs.

Jasmine uses Node.js with a custom runner to test outside of a browser.

$ grunt execSpecsInNode

...and then the results will print to the console. All specs run except those that expect a browser (the specs in spec/html are ignored).

Before Committing or Submitting a Pull Request

  1. Ensure all specs are green in browser and node
  2. Ensure JSHint is green with grunt jsHint
  3. Build jasmine.js with grunt buildDistribution and run all specs again - this ensures that your changes self-test well

Note that we use Travis for Continuous Integration. We only accept green pull requests.