Testing Angular Applications

Name: Testing Angular Applications
Author: Michaela Ochnich

This chapter will introduce software testing and how to write tests for your Angular application. You’ll learn about the different types of tests and the features they focus on.

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This lesson will quickly introduce Karma and Jasmine. Karma and Jasmine. Karma is an open source JavaScript test runner Karma is an open source JavaScript test runner that was created by the angular team. It's included and configured by default in angular applications and it's run with the CLI command and G test. and it's run with the CLI command and G test. While angular configures Karma to run the Jasmine framework by default, it is framework agnostic, it supports the Mocha and QUnit testing frameworks it supports the Mocha and QUnit testing frameworks and custom providers can be written for other frameworks. It also supports continuous integration with Jenkins, Travis-CI or Semaphore. with Jenkins, Travis-CI or Semaphore. Jasmine is an open source testing framework for JavaScript, it's designed around behavior driven development, which is a type of test driven development. The test is written in a way that reads almost like a sentence and it simply describes what's being tested in a way that non-developers can understand. Jasmine test files are generated by default when running the NG generate commands. And all test files must have this dot, And all test files must have this dot, spec.ts file extension, so that they can be identified spec.ts file extension, so that they can be identified and run with the test command. There's also two testing configuration files included in your angular project. The first here is the configuration file for the Karma test runner. Here you can change the testing framework being used, which will require different plugins, and you can also change the browser used to run the tests and more. And the test.ts file is the entry point And the test.ts file is the entry point when angular builds the application for testing, and this will load in all of the other test files so they can run, and you won't typically have to edit this file. That's all for this lesson, introducing Karma and Jasmine, the next lesson, we'll show you how to begin writing tests using the Jasmine framework.

Intermediate Provider : Michaela Ochnich 7 Lessons · 17m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese

Course Description

This chapter will introduce software testing and how to write tests for your Angular application. You’ll learn about the different types of tests and the features they focus on. You’ll learn how to begin writing unit tests for components and services using Jasmine, a Javascript testing framework, and how to run them with Karma, a test runner created by Angular.

What You'll Learn

Understand the different types of software testing and the features they focus on
Write unit tests for Angular components and services using Jasmine
Run your tests using Karma, the test runner created by Angular
Use TestBed to structure and configure your Angular tests
Distinguish between different test types and how to structure a test

Key Takeaways

This chapter introduces software testing and how to write tests for an Angular application.
Jasmine is a JavaScript testing framework used to write unit tests for components and services.
Karma is a test runner created by Angular that is used to run your tests.
The chapter covers different types of tests and the specific features each type focuses on.

Frequently Asked Questions

What will I learn in this course?

This chapter introduces software testing for Angular applications, covering the different types of tests and how to write unit tests for components and services using Jasmine, then run them with Karma.

What testing tools does this course use?

It uses Jasmine, a JavaScript testing framework, to write unit tests, and Karma, a test runner created by Angular, to run them.

What topics are covered in the lessons?

Lessons include an Intro to Karma and Jasmine, TestBed, Test Structure, and Test Types.

What are the learning objectives of this course?

The objectives are to understand the different types of software testing and to learn how to write unit tests using Jasmine.