What are my options for testing if I want to run an angularjs app in node-webkit?
I had a look at the nw docs for testing and they did not really make sense to me https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit/wiki/How-to-run-node-webkit%27s-test-cases
This module was very useful for me in testing angular with nodewebkit - nwjs test runner
I am using karma and jasmine for testing my node-webkit applications. There is a karma-node-webkit launcher which makes it possible to run those tests.
Your link describes the tests for node-webkit itself.
There's a different wiki page for testing your own app: Testing framework for your application running on node-webkit
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We are creating a test framework for a Angular Web API Project. I have researched about Testing frameworks like Jasime, Mocha etc.
My question is, do we need a test runner like karma along with Jasime/Mocha to run & test test cases.
Yes, karma will be the test engine that will run your jasmine tests. Jasmine is a test API / framework, karma is a test engine that will spawn javascript environments able to run your tests.
You can run your tests just straight in an HTML page, but it's easier to just use karma. You need to use something like Karma if you're going to test directives, because you need the html2Js preprocessing.
I'm very new to AngularJS. I am trying to automate an angularJS app.
installed node.js
installed protractor (npm install -g protractor)
updated webdriver manager tool (webdriver-manager update)
started the driver (webdriver-manager start)
I create a simple conf.js and spec.js files. Everything works fine and set to go.
when we execute spec.js, protractor talk to selenium webdriver which then launches the browser and does the other stuff like interacting with angularJS app. Am I correct?
So, what is the role of node.js here in protractor?
I might be wrong, if so please do correct me and explain how protractor works.
Thanks in advance :)
Node.js is an open source runtime environment to develop applications in JavaScript.
WebDriverJS has been written in Node.js and Protractor has been written on top of WebDriverJS.
Node.js will be executing the javascript code you've written in your spec and po files with its JavaScript Engine (Google V8), or as you've so colourfully described: "does the other stuff like interacting with angularJS app".
Read more here and here
Protractor is a Node.js application... hence the Node requirement. Protractor is written in Javascript, so it requires a Javascript engine, which Node provides (Google V8), thus allowing it to run on a server.
Node.js is package file we are using in protractor automation tool to run the angular.js based application.It contains selenium and other browser drivers to run our applications in different environments.
In my project there is RESTful web services and I am using angularjs for front-end. But I am not able to figure out how to test angularjs in eclipse environment.
Is there any way to achieve it?
I have already install karma.
My sugestion would be to use Jasmine tests.
http://jasmine.github.io/
As you already installed karma, you can automize a grunt taskt "test", for instance, to write all the tests.
This approach is independent from eclipse, you can use it with a terminal.
I am looking for a beginner's guide to running angular js app with Jasmine and Karma. Very step by step and thorough guide. I am a beginner in unit testing with JS framework. Can someone please point me to some right resources ?
I tried to follow https://docs.angularjs.org/tutorial for angular-phonecat-master and npm is just giving me a bunch of errors.
I want something very simple. Probably not involving NPM at this point. I am trying to setup on windows.
This is probably the quickest way to get started with AngularJS. The unit tests are written in Jasmine and run with the Karma Test Runner.
https://github.com/angular/angular-seed
The README goes through all the necessary steps to set up a sample AngularJS application that you can use as a starting point for your own application.
Hope this helps.
Can Protractor be used for Test Driven Development of Angular JS Application ? Protractor is popularly used as E2E test framework for Angular but can we use it for TDD (Test Driven Development) ?
Protractor should be used only for E2E testing.
For TDD you can switch to Karma with Jasmine.
Also see http://kroltech.com/2013/11/javascript-tdd-with-jasmine-and-karma/
I use Protractor in my TDD workflow but not for unit tests. I use it for tests similar to integration tests which require interfacing with a running site.
I wouldn't use it for unit tests because it is so much slower than Karma as a test runner and it requires the server to be started.
I wrote a little about my experiences doing TDD in Angular which shows how I use Protractor vs Karma. I hope it helps.