BaristaJS 
Fixtures for testing Backbone.js apps. Currently in beginning stages of development.
The example directory contains a small Backbone.js app that is being used to test the
framework.
Usage
Installing Barista
Install Barista using NPM: npm install baristajs
Configuring Barista
Configuring Barista is easy but relies on a couple of conventions:
- Your app must be represented as an object. In Node or iojs:
var App = require('./app.min.js') - All models and collections must be namespaced to the app:
App.TodoItemModel = Backbone.Model.extend({ ... }); - All models must include the word "Model" or "model" in their name
- All collections must include the words "Collection" or "collection" in their name
If your app follows these conventions, then just put this in your spec helper file or wherever you keep your test configuration: var Barista = require('baristajs'); var App = require('../app.js');
Barista.config(app);
That's it! Now, all your models and collections have a corresponding model or collection
namespaced to Barista. So, if your model was called App.TodoItemModel, then there is a
Barista model called Barista.TodoItemModel.
In order to ensure a clean environment with every test, it is recommended that you add
this to your afterEach block (if using Jasmine), or the analogous block in the framework
you are using (e.g., after('each'), etc.):
Barista.destroy();
The global Barista object tracks its models and collections, so you can destroy all of them
easily by calling this method.
How Barista Models and Collections Work
The Barista.Model and Barista.Collection objects extend Backbone.Model and
Backbone.Collection, respectively. They replace Backbone methods that interact with the
database with corresponding methods that change the state of the object the way the Backbone
method does (i.e., adding or removing items from a collection, etc.), but without making
Ajax requests, interacting with a database, or altering the environment.
The global Barista object keeps track of all the models and collections that currently exist.
This makes it easy to destroy the models and collections in one fell swoop using
Barista.destroy(). Alternatively, you can use the destroy method on individual models and
collections to remove all references from them, so they will be garbage collected.
Contributing
This is a very new framework and was created for me to use on one of my other projects. PRs are gratefully accepted, but I do ask that they be accompanied by passing tests. I'm also very appreciative of any issue reports. If you are experiencing errors, please include the full text of the error message you are receiving along with any parts of your code that may possibly be relevant.
I know that this version of Barista is very limited. I am running my tests using Jasmine under iojs with jsdom (and PhantomJS to test jQuery and CSS), so this is the environment where it will work best right now. If you can submit a PR that makes Barista handle more cases, that is awesome.