Getting requirejs to work with Jasmine
Solution 1:
I managed to get this working with some trial and error. The main issue was that when you write specs it isn't a require that you want to create, you want to use define:
Original:
require(["/lib/jasmine/src/notepad"], function (notepad) {
describe("returns titles", function() {
expect(notepad.noteTitles()).toEqual("pick up the kids get milk");
});
});
Working:
define(["lib/jasmine/src/notepad"], function (notepad) {
describe("returns titles", function () {
it("something", function() {
expect(notepad.noteTitles()).toEqual("pick up the kids get milk ");
});
});
});
After doing some research it became clear that, when using RequireJS, Anything that you want the require() to use must be wrapped in a define (seems obvious now I guess). You can see that, in the specRunner.js file, a require is used when executing the tests (therefore the need to "define" the specs.
The other issue is that, when creating specs, the describe() AND the it() are necessary (not just the describe like I had in the posted example).
Original:
describe("returns titles", function() {
expect(notepad.noteTitles()).toEqual("pick up the kids get milk");
});
Working:
describe("returns titles", function () {
it("something", function() {
expect(notepad.noteTitles()).toEqual("pick up the kids get milk ");
});
});
I also changed around where the test runner exists but this was a refactor and did not change the outcome of the tests.
Again, here are the files and the changed:
note.js: stayed the same
notepad.js: stayed the same
index.html:
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Javascript Tests</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="lib/jasmine/lib/jasmine.css">
<script data-main="specRunner" src="lib/require/require.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
specRunner.js:
require.config({
urlArgs: 'cb=' + Math.random(),
paths: {
jquery: 'lib/jquery',
'jasmine': 'lib/jasmine/lib/jasmine',
'jasmine-html': 'lib/jasmine/lib/jasmine-html',
spec: 'lib/jasmine/spec/'
},
shim: {
jasmine: {
exports: 'jasmine'
},
'jasmine-html': {
deps: ['jasmine'],
exports: 'jasmine'
}
}
});
require(['jquery', 'jasmine-html'], function ($, jasmine) {
var jasmineEnv = jasmine.getEnv();
jasmineEnv.updateInterval = 1000;
var htmlReporter = new jasmine.HtmlReporter();
jasmineEnv.addReporter(htmlReporter);
jasmineEnv.specFilter = function (spec) {
return htmlReporter.specFilter(spec);
};
var specs = [];
specs.push('lib/jasmine/spec/notepadSpec');
$(function () {
require(specs, function (spec) {
jasmineEnv.execute();
});
});
});
notepadSpec.js:
define(["lib/jasmine/src/notepad"], function (notepad) {
describe("returns titles", function () {
it("something", function() {
expect(notepad.noteTitles()).toEqual("pick up the kids get milk");
});
});
});
Solution 2:
Just adding this as an alternate answer for people who are you using Jasmine 2.0 standalone. I believe this can work for Jasmine 1.3 also, but the async syntax is different and kind of ugly.
Here is my modified SpecRunner.html file:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Jasmine Spec Runner v2.0.0</title>
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="lib/jasmine-2.0.0/jasmine_favicon.png">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="lib/jasmine-2.0.0/jasmine.css">
<!--
Notice that I just load Jasmine normally
-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jasmine-2.0.0/jasmine.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jasmine-2.0.0/jasmine-html.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jasmine-2.0.0/boot.js"></script>
<!--
Here we load require.js but we do not use data-main. Instead we will load the
the specs separately. In short we need to load the spec files synchronously for this
to work.
-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/vendor/require.min.js"></script>
<!--
I put my require js config inline for simplicity
-->
<script type="text/javascript">
require.config({
baseUrl: 'js',
shim: {
'underscore': {
exports: '_'
},
'react': {
exports: 'React'
}
},
paths: {
jquery: 'vendor/jquery.min',
underscore: 'vendor/underscore.min',
react: 'vendor/react.min'
}
});
</script>
<!--
I put my spec files here
-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="spec/a-spec.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="spec/some-other-spec.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
Now here is an example spec file:
describe("Circular List Operation", function() {
// The CircularList object needs to be loaded by RequireJs
// before we can use it.
var CircularList;
// require.js loads scripts asynchronously, so we can use
// Jasmine 2.0's async support. Basically it entails calling
// the done function once require js finishes loading our asset.
//
// Here I put the require in the beforeEach function to make sure the
// Circular list object is loaded each time.
beforeEach(function(done) {
require(['lib/util'], function(util) {
CircularList = util.CircularList;
done();
});
});
it("should know if list is empty", function() {
var list = new CircularList();
expect(list.isEmpty()).toBe(true);
});
// We can also use the async feature on the it function
// to require assets for a specific test.
it("should know if list is not empty", function(done) {
require(['lib/entity'], function(entity) {
var list = new CircularList([new entity.Cat()]);
expect(list.isEmpty()).toBe(false);
done();
});
});
});
Here is a link the async support section from the Jasmine 2.0 docs: http://jasmine.github.io/2.0/introduction.html#section-Asynchronous_Support