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+This readme is a manual on how to get started with unit testing on javascript and nodejs
+
+Original author: BrainDoctor (github), July 2017
+
+# Installation
+
+Tested on Linux Mint 18.2 Sara (Ubuntu/debian derivative)
+
+Make sure you are the user who is developer (permissions, except sudo ofc)
+
+```sh
+sudo apt-get install nodejs npm chromium-browser
+
+cd /path/to/your/netdata
+npm install
+```
+
+That should install the necessary node modules.
+
+Other browsers work too (Chrome, Firefox). However, only the Chromium Browser 59 has been tested for headless unit testing.
+
+## Versions
+
+The commands above leave me with the following versions (July 2017):
+
+ - nodejs: v4.2.6
+ - npm: 3.5.2
+ - chromium-browser: 59.0.3071.109
+ - WebStorm (optional): 2017.1.4
+
+# Configuration
+
+## NPM
+
+The dependencies are installed in `netdata/package.json`. If you install a new NPM module, it gets added here. Future developers just need to execute `npm install` and every dep gets added automatically.
+
+## Karma
+
+Karma configuration is in `tests/web/karma.conf.js`. Documentation is provided via comments.
+
+## WebStorm
+
+If you use the JetBrains WebStorm IDE, you can integrate the karma runtime.
+
+### for Karma (Client side testing)
+
+Headless Chromium:
+1. Run > Edit Configurations
+2. "+" > Karma
+3. - Name: Karma Headless Chromium
+ - Configuration file: /path/to/your/netdata/tests/web/karma.conf.js
+ - Browsers to start: ChromiumHeadless
+ - Node interpreter: /usr/bin/nodejs (MUST be absolute, NVM works too)
+ - Karma package: /path/to/your/netdata/node_modules/karma
+
+GUI Chromium is similar:
+1. Run > Edit Configurations
+2. "+" > Karma
+3. - Name: Karma Chromium
+ - Configuration file: /path/to/your/netdata/tests/web/karma.conf.js
+ - Browsers to start: Chromium
+ - Node interpreter: /usr/bin/nodejs (MUST be absolute, NVM works too)
+ - Karma package: /path/to/your/netdata/node_modules/karma
+
+You may add other browsers too (comma separated). With the "Browsers to start" field you can override any settings in karma.conf.js.
+
+Also it is recommended to install WebStorm IDE Extension/Addon to Chrome/Chromium for awesome debugging.
+
+### for node.d plugins (nodejs)
+
+1. Run > Edit Configurations
+2. "+" > Node.js
+3. - Name: Node.d plugins
+ - Node interpreter: /usr/bin/nodejs (MUST be absolute, NVM works too)
+ - JavaScript file: node_modules/jasmine-node/bin/jasmine-node
+ - Application parameters: --captureExceptions tests/node.d
+
+# Running
+
+## In WebStorm
+
+### Karma
+Just run the configured run configurations and they produce nice test trees:
+
+![karma_run_2](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/12159026/28277789-559149f6-6b1b-11e7-9cc7-a81d81d12c35.png)
+
+### node.js
+
+Debugging is awesome too!
+![node_debug](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/12159026/28277879-8beee5ee-6b1b-11e7-9356-3156956f2282.png)
+
+## From CLI
+
+### Karma
+
+```sh
+cd /path/to/your/netdata
+
+nodejs ./node_modules/karma/bin/karma start tests/web/karma.conf.js --single-run=true --browsers=ChromiumHeadless
+```
+will start the karma server, start chromium in headless mode and exit.
+
+If a test fails, it produces even a stack trace:
+![karma_run_1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/12159026/28277754-3682bebe-6b1b-11e7-8b7e-66b23d87177d.png)
+
+### Node.d plugins
+
+```sh
+cd /path/to/your/netdata
+
+nodejs node_modules/jasmine-node/bin/jasmine-node --captureExceptions tests/node.d
+```
+
+will run the tests in `tests/node.d` and produce a stacktrace too on error:
+![node_run](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/12159026/28277812-65bb69b0-6b1b-11e7-8500-bcdbb3436574.png)
+
+## Coverage
+
+### Karma
+
+A nice HTML is produced from Karma which shows which code paths were executed. It is located somewhere in `/path/to/your/netdata/coverage/`
+
+![coverage_2](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/12159026/28277719-142146c4-6b1b-11e7-9992-3e88dee2efd2.png)
+and
+![coverage_1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/12159026/28277687-fa93e360-6b1a-11e7-995f-cbb4c5d012a7.png)
+
+### Node.d
+
+Apparently, jasmine-node can produce a junit report with the `--junitreport` flag. But that output was not very useful. Maybe it's configurable?
+
+## CI
+
+The karma and node.d runners can be integrated in Travis (AFAIK), but that is outside my ability.
+
+Note: Karma is for browser-testing. On a build server, no GUI or browser might by available, unless browsers support headless mode.