Updated content, added Mocks section

Author: leifwells

README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,47 @@
 
 Special thanks to all of the contributors. With the exception of the Ionic team's updates to the framework, this project is stable. If you have a suggestion, feel free to update code and make a pull request. Find a problem or bug, feel free to file a detailed issue. 
 
-## UPDATES:
+## How to Configure Your Ionic Application for Testing
+
+Read [this tutorial](https://leifwells.github.io/2017/08/27/testing-in-ionic-configure-existing-projects-for-testing/) for instructions on how to apply the testing configuration in this project to your own project. 
+
+## Mocking Classes for Ionic
+When a developer unit tests a component, the objective is to isolate that component as much as possible. In the case of an Ionic page, you may have Ionic components like `NavController`, `LoadingContoller`, or `Platform`. Adding these components means adding pieces of the Ionic framework to your test, thus not isolating the component. As part of this example, the file `test-config/mocks-ionic.ts` is provided for creating simple mocks for many of the classes in Ionic that you may need. You may use the classes from this file in test files inside the `TestBed.configureComponent()` method argument's `provider` array as seen in our [example unit test file](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-unit-testing-example/blob/master/src/app/app.component.spec.ts).
+
+There are other mocking options that should be mentioned:
+**[ionic-mocks](https://github.com/stonelasley/ionic-mocks)**
+**[ionic-test-doubles](https://github.com/DomesticApp/ionic-test-doubles)**
+
+Also worth mentioning is [ionic-native-mocks](https://github.com/chrisgriffith/ionic-native-mocks) which can be helpful when mocks for Ionic Native classes used in your project are needed.
+
+Getting Started with this Project
+-----------
+
+To get started, clone this repo, and run `npm install` in the root directory.
+
+```sh
+git clone https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-unit-test-example.git
+cd ionic-unit-testing-example
+npm install
+```
+Then, you should run `ionic serve` to make sure the project loads.
+
+### Unit Tests
+
+To run the tests, run `npm run test`.
+
+See the example test in `src/app/app.component.spec.ts` for an example of a component test.
+
+### End-To-End Tests (Browser-Only)
+
+To serve the app, run `ionic serve`.
+
+To run the end-to-end tests, run (while the app is being served) `npm run e2e`.
+
+See the example end-to-end test in `e2e/app.e2e-spec.ts`.
+
+UPDATES:
+==========
 ### **2017-08-26: Update to `ionic-angular` version 3.6.0**
 
 We updated the project to `ionic-angular` version `3.6.0`. Developers wishing to use this should also update Ionic CLI for a better experience. With today's update, this project is now at version `0.0.5`.
@@ -19,20 +59,16 @@ Thanks to [@datencia](https://github.com/datencia) for providing an update to ou
 
 Thanks (again) to [@danielsogl](https://github.com/danielsogl/) for providing a code update to the project so that our code matches code created by using the `ionic start` command. Having this code properly match is important as it provides the best practice guidance for handling application start up.
 
-## How to Configure Your Ionic Application for Testing
-
-Read [this tutorial](https://leifwells.github.io/2017/08/27/testing-in-ionic-configure-existing-projects-for-testing/) for instructions on how to apply the testing configuration in this project to your own project. 
-
 ## Looking for Version 2?
 
 If you are using Ionic v2, please see our [ionic-v2-branch](https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-unit-testing-example/tree/ionic-v2-branch).
 
-
 ## Credits
 
 This repository is based on the awesome [unit testing example](https://github.com/roblouie/unit-testing-demo) from [@roblouie](https://github.com/roblouie/) :thumbsup:
 
-## Past Changes
+Past Updates
+==========
 #### *2017-05-28: Update to Version 3.3.0*
 
 Thanks to [@danielsogl](https://github.com/danielsogl/) for getting us up-to-date with Ionic 3.3.0, Angular 4.1.2 and Ionic Native 3.10.2.
@@ -51,22 +87,3 @@ npm remove -g ionic
 npm install -g ionic
 ```
 If you run `ionic -v` it should return `3.0.0` (or better, depending on what has been released.
-
-## Getting Started
------------
-
-To get started, clone this repo, and run `npm install` in the root directory.
-
-### Unit Tests
-
-To run the tests, run `npm test`.
-
-See the example test in `src/app/app.component.spec.ts` for an example of a component test.
-
-### End-To-End Tests (Browser-Only)
-
-To serve the app, run `ionic serve`.
-
-To run the end-to-end tests, run (while the app is being served) `npm run e2e`.
-
-See the example end-to-end test in `e2e/app.e2e-spec.ts`.