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The 'describe' keyword in javascript

So I am a newbie in javascript and i had been going through some one else's code and I found this.. 

describe('deviceready', function() {
    it('should report that it fired', function() {
        spyOn(app, 'report');
        app.deviceready();
        expect(app.report).toHaveBeenCalledWith('deviceready');
    });
});

What I don't understand is: What exactly does the describe keyword do?

info:
- Its a phonegap application
- We are using the spine.js and jQuery libraries

Solution

  • Describe is a function in the Jasmine testing framework. It simply describes the suite of test cases enumerated by the "it" functions.

    Also used in the mochajs framework.