Karma: Running a single test file from command line
First you need to start karma server with karma start Then, you can use grep to filter a specific test or describe block: karma run — –grep=testDescriptionFilter
karma-runner
Running karma after installation results in ‘karma’ is not recognized as an internal or external command
The command line interface is in a separate package. To install this use: npm install -g karma-cli
Angular Karma Jasmine Error: Illegal state: Could not load the summary for directive
You passed HeroDetailComponent to TestBed.createComponent() without declaring the component first: TestBed.configureTestingModule({ imports: [AppModule, CommonModule, FormsModule, SharedModule, HeroRoutingModule, ReactiveFormsModule ], providers: [ {provide: APP_BASE_HREF, useValue: “https://stackoverflow.com/”} ], declarations: [HeroDetailComponent] }).compileComponents(); Hope it helps. Update for following errors in your test: Added some more imports (just take your HeroModule as a blueprint because that’s basically what you … Read more
Testing service in Angular returns module is not defined
You are missing the angular-mocks.js file.
NPM cannot install dependencies – Attempt to unlock something which hasn’t been locked
As per photusenigma at: https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/4815 Run these commands in a terminal window (note – DON’T replace the $USER part…thats a linux command to get your user!): sudo chown -R $USER ~/.npm sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/lib/node_modules …and…if you’re on a mac (like I am), and still see errors after running these commands, then run this … Read more
Running a single test file
I discovered that Jasmine allows you to prefix describe and it methods with an f (for focus): fdescribe and fit. If you use either of these, Karma will only run the relevant tests. To focus the current file, you can just take the top level describe and change it to fdescribe. If you use Jasmine … Read more
When to use “chore” as type of commit message?
You can see a short definition in “Git Commit Msg”: chore: updating grunt tasks etc; no production code change It is used in: “Semantic Commit Messages” and in the project “fteem/git-semantic-commits“. git chore “commit-message-here” -> git commit -m ‘chore: commit-message-here’ Modifying the .gitignore would be part of the “chores”. “grunt task” means nothing that an … Read more
npm check and update package if needed
To check if any module in a project is ‘old’: npm outdated ‘outdated’ will check every module defined in package.json and see if there is a newer version in the NPM registry. For example, say xml2js 0.2.6 (located in node_modules in the current project) is outdated because a newer version exists (0.2.7). You would see: … Read more