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Testing JavaScript: Mocking jQuery Ajax Calls

When "seriously" developing JavaScript applications we obviously need to write tests. Being a fully dynamic language (similar as Ruby), tests are more necessary than ever since there is no compiler that checks for you all the silly mistakes before you run your code the first time. What also remains important is the distinction between integration tests and unit tests.

JavaScript Scoping by Example

Understanding the scoping rules of JavaScript is one of the fundamental things to learn when getting started with the language. I just found this link posted by @codylindley on Twitter. It goes over some basic principles of jQuery, however the first part covers native JavaScript scoping. It is an interesting example to get an understanding about it.