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