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1 [QUnit](http://docs.jquery.com/QUnit) - A JavaScript Unit Testing framework.
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4 QUnit is a powerful, easy-to-use, JavaScript test suite. It's used by the jQuery
5 project to test its code and plugins but is capable of testing any generic
6 JavaScript code (and even capable of testing JavaScript code on the server-side).
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8 QUnit is especially useful for regression testing: Whenever a bug is reported,
9 write a test that asserts the existence of that particular bug. Then fix it and
10 commit both. Every time you work on the code again, run the tests. If the bug
11 comes up again - a regression - you'll spot it immediately and know how to fix
12 it, because you know what code you just changed.
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14 Having good unit test coverage makes safe refactoring easy and cheap. You can
15 run the tests after each small refactoring step and always know what change
16 broke something.
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18 QUnit is similar to other unit testing frameworks like JUnit, but makes use of
19 the features JavaScript provides and helps with testing code in the browser, eg.
20 with it's stop/start facilities for testing asynchronous code.
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22 If you are interested in helping developing QUnit, you are in the right place.
23 For related discussions, visit the
24 [QUnit and Testing forum](http://forum.jquery.com/qunit-and-testing).
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26 Planning for a qunitjs.com site and other testing tools related work now happens
27 on the [jQuery Testing Team planning wiki](http://jquerytesting.pbworks.com/w/page/41556026/FrontPage).
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