I'm trying a very simple test with Karma/Jasmine, to unit test my AngularJS app. This seems to work

beforeEach(
        module('myApp')
);

it('should blah', function () {
    expect(true).toBe(true);
});

while this doesnt

beforeEach(
    function () {
        module('myApp')
    }
);

it('should blah', function () {
    expect(true).toBe(true);
});

I want to be able to do other stuff beforeEach test suite, but it's not giving me any meaningful errors to be able to debug it, the only one I see is

TypeError: 'undefined' is not an object (evaluating 'currentSpec.queue.running')

relating to the line where the function is called within the beforeEach construct in the second example.

Im hoping someone else has e across this and can assist?

Thanks Stephen

I'm trying a very simple test with Karma/Jasmine, to unit test my AngularJS app. This seems to work

beforeEach(
        module('myApp')
);

it('should blah', function () {
    expect(true).toBe(true);
});

while this doesnt

beforeEach(
    function () {
        module('myApp')
    }
);

it('should blah', function () {
    expect(true).toBe(true);
});

I want to be able to do other stuff beforeEach test suite, but it's not giving me any meaningful errors to be able to debug it, the only one I see is

TypeError: 'undefined' is not an object (evaluating 'currentSpec.queue.running')

relating to the line where the function is called within the beforeEach construct in the second example.

Im hoping someone else has e across this and can assist?

Thanks Stephen

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• I imagine that calling module(..) returns something meaningful and function(){ module(..); } return this function (as an argument to beforeEach( arg )) Even calling that function doesnt return anything. – EricG Commented Mar 14, 2014 at 16:37
• Can't you call beforeEach several times, can you? – chr1s1202 Commented Mar 14, 2014 at 16:47

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Thats just how you declare your module. If you want to do more you can just use an additional beforeEach.

For Example:

var scope;
var ctrl;
var mysvcMock;

beforeEach(module('myApp'));

beforeEach(function() {
    mysvcMock = {

    };
});

beforeEach(inject(function($rootScope, $controller) {
    scope = $rootScope.$new();
    ctrl = $controller('MyController', {
        $scope: scope,
        mysvc: mysvcMock
    });
}));

//it checks

Let me know if you need more clarity on this and I can put together a fiddle for you.

Thanks,

Jordan