How to test browserify project using karma/jasmine - jasmine

Question

I'm totally new to the concept of testing, and i need one solid example on how to do it in my project:
I have a gulp file goes like this (Not all of it, just the important portions)
gulp.task('bundle', function() {
gulp.src('public/angular-app/main.js')
.pipe(browserify({
debug: true
}))
.pipe(gulp.dest('public/min-js'));
});
This is a slight portion of my main.js:
'use strict';
angular.module('myApp', [
'ui.router',
'ui.bootstrap',
'ngSanitize',
'ngFx',
...
], ['$interpolateProvider',
function($interpolateProvider) {
$interpolateProvider.startSymbol('{{');
$interpolateProvider.endSymbol('}}');
}
])
.config(require('./config/routes'))
.config(require('./config/authInterceptor'))
.run(require('./config/runPhase'))
.run(require('./config/xeditable'))
.controller('homeController', require('./controllers/homeController'))
.controller('modalInstanceCtrl', require('./controllers/modalInstanceCtrl'))
.controller('modalparticipantCtrl',require('./controllers/modalParticipantCtrl'))
.controller('generatorController',require('./controllers/generatorController'))
.controller('navController', require('./controllers/navController'))
.controller('signInController', require('./controllers/signInController'))
.controller('pricingController', require('./controllers/pricingController'))
.controller('howItWorksController',require('./controllers/howItWorks'))
...
Now this is my config file for karma:
module.exports = function(config) {
config.set({
// base path that will be used to resolve all patterns (eg. files, exclude)
basePath: '',
// frameworks to use
// available frameworks: https://npmjs.org/browse/keyword/karma-adapter
frameworks: ['jasmine'],
// list of files / patterns to load in the browser
files: [
'public/vendor/jquery/dist/jquery.js',
'public/vendor/angular/angular.js',
'public/vendor/angular-mocks/angular-mocks.js',
'public/angular-app/**/*.js',
'test/**/*Spec.js'
],
// list of files to exclude
exclude: [
],
When i run karma with karma start this is what i get:
Uncaught reference error:require is not defined
at root/public/angular-app/main.js
So my question is simple, how can i do tests, for example, on my homeController...
//update
So I updated my test file to this:
describe("An Angularjs test suite",function(){
var target, rootScope;
beforeEach(inject(function($rootScope) {
rootScope = $rootScope;
// Mock everything here
spyOn(rootScope, "$on")
}));
beforeEach(inject(function(homeController) {
target = homeController;
}));
it('should have called rootScope.$on', function(){
expect(rootScope.$on).toHaveBeenCalled();
});
});
and my config file to this:
// list of files / patterns to load in the browser
files: [
'public/vendor/jquery/dist/jquery.js',
'public/vendor/angular/angular.js',
'public/vendor/angular-mocks/angular-mocks.js',
'public/min-js/main.js',
'test/**/*Spec.js'
],
// list of files to exclude
exclude: [
],
browserify: {
watch: true,
debug: true
},
preprocessors: {
'test/*': ['browserify']
},
Still nothing works, first he says 'unknown provider homeControllerProvider',
Now if i delete them lines:
beforeEach(inject(function(homeController) {
target = homeController;
}));
it still gives me error, expected spy $on to be called, How do i fix this?

Answer 1

You need to inform Karma to run Browserify before running tests.
You can add this in your Karma config:
{
browserify: {
watch: true,
debug: true
},
preprocessors: {
'test/*': ['browserify']
}
}
Karma config file reference: http://karma-runner.github.io/0.12/config/configuration-file.html
Or have a look at one of of my projects that uses Karma for testing: smild.