Webinar - Backbone.js - Models, collections and testing

Time: 2011-08-24:[10-00 am - 11-00 am MST]

"...because testing is important on the client-side too!"

Session Overview

In this 2nd installment of the Backbone.js webinar series, we will dive right into testing with Jasmine and practicing TDD when building Backbone applications. We will have a specific focus on models and collections and how we can use them to encapsulate data and behavior in our client-side applications. Once again, there won't be any slides but there will be a lot of live coding and examples to demonstrate these concepts. If you enjoy that kind of thing and are interested in digging a bit deeper into Backbone.js, sign up! :)

Agenda

• How test Backbone applications and more importantly, how to test-drive the development of your Backbone models
• Setting up an automated test environment to keep the TDD flow rolling
• Use testing to build out some models and collections in our application
• Q&A

Speaker Bio

Joey Beninghove is a passionate web developer, mentor and aspiring microprenuer. Having spent almost a decade focused on Microsoft web technologies, primarily ASP.NET, a couple years ago he left it all to focus entirely on the world of Ruby, Ruby on Rails and other open-source web technologies. He currently works as an independent consultant, under the company he founded, 30 Cubits. His primary projects are building large web applications in Ruby on Rails and Javascript for his clients, with an eye on building his own products in the future. Some of his favorite technologies at the moment are MonogDB, Haml, Sass, Compass, Cucumber, RSpec and of course Backbone.js. Joey works from home and enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 kids who are homeschooled, as well as playing golf, doing P90X, attempts at making his lawn look like a golf course and occassionally playing Call of Duty.