ngImprovedTesting 0.3: improved ModuleBuilder with lots of bug fixes

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Emil van Galen

NOTE: ngImprovedTesting is AngularJS library to make mock testing AngularJS code more easy.
For more information about ngImprovedTesting be sure to read its (updated) introductory blog post.

Just released version 0.3 ngImprovedTesting with a much improved ModuleBuilder.

Prior to 0.3 usage of ngImprovedTesting might be troublesome due to fact that the ModuleBuilder:
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ngImprovedTesting 0.2: adding $q.tick() to improve testing promises

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Emil van Galen

NOTE: Just released version 0.2.2 of ngImprovedTesting to fix issue #6 causing chained promises (i.e. .then(...).then(...)) not to executed by a $q.tick(); also see README of the GitHub repo.

After quite a while I finally got round to creating version 0.2 of ngImprovedTesting.
The ModuleBuilder API is unchanged and still makes mock testing AngularJS code much easier (be sure to read this blog post if you are unfamiliar with ngImprovedTesting).

Version 0.2 of ngImprovedTesting brings you the following interesting improvements:

ngModuleIntrospector no longer uses internal AngularJS API.
mocks can now also be created manually using the (global) “mockInstance” function.
features a more descriptive way of testing promises by adding the tick() method to $q.
offers an module called “ngImprovedTesting” to be able to use $q.tick() in your tests without having to use the ModuleBuilder API (which automatically includes the module).

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ngImprovedTesting: mock testing for AngularJS made easy

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Emil van Galen

NOTE: Just released version 0.3 of ngImprovedTesting with lots of bug fixes.
Check out this blog post or the README of the GitHub repo for more info.

Being able to easily test your application is one of the most powerful features that AngularJS offers. All the services, controllers, filters even directives you develop can be fully (unit) tested.

However the learning curve for writing (proper) unit tests tends to be quite steep.
This is mainly because AngularJS doesn’t really offer any high level API’s to ease the unit testing. Instead you are forced to use the same (low level) services that AngularJS uses internally. That means you have to gain in dept knowledge about the internals of $controller, when to $digest and how to use $provide in order to mock these services. Especially mocking out a dependency of controller, filter or another service is too cumbersome.

This blog will show how you would normally create mocks in AngularJS, why its troublesome and finally introduces the new ngImprovedTesting library that makes mock testing much easier. Continue reading →