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What does spec mean in Javascript Testing

rated 0 times [ 139] [ 1] / answers: 1 / hits: 30243 / 8 Years ago, mon, october 24, 2016, 12:00:00

I'm fairly new to the Javascript world (coming from Android) so I've been reading up on how to setup Mocha/Jasmine to get my test environment in place. I've noticed a convention of spec in reference to test directories, file suffix, suite names, and/or tests/assertions.

Is this specific to testing in Javascript? And what does spec actually stand for? Specification, Expectation, or ?

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answered 8 Years ago jazminuniquer · Accepted Answer

Spec is short for Specification as @DavinTryon suggested above.

Specification in terms of a test refer to the technical details of a given feature or application which must be fulfilled. The best way to think of this is as the technical specifications for a given unit of code to pass successfully. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_testing