Getting started with Node.js and Jasmine

It is a shame, but JavaScript was considered more of a quick hack than an actual programming language, almost since its creation. Lacking the tools and the community that other popular languages had, for a long time it has been a language that many people enjoyed to hate. Fortunately, with the inception of Node.js, JavaScript got a chance to shine, with an awesome community, and the tool-set that it always deserved. This article shows how to leverage the power that these new tools bring by creating a Jasmine tested Node.js web server.