Prepare for Angular 1 Testing Using Karma/Jasmine/PhantomJS

prepare-for-angular-1-testing.txt

Download and install NodeJs

Open a command/terminal and type npm to verify installation and path variable setup

Run npm install -g karma

Run npm install -g karma-cli

Run npm install karma-jasmine karma-phantom-launcher jasmine-core --save-dev 

Add minimal karma.conf file to project root directory 

//jshint strict: false
module.exports = function(config) {
  config.set({
    basePath: './app', // path relative to .conf.js file where all other files can be found

    files: [
      'src/**/*.js',
      'tests/**/*.spec.js'
    ],

    autoWatch: true,

    frameworks: ['jasmine'],

    browsers: ['PhantomJS'],

    plugins: [
      'karma-phantomjs-launcher',
      'karma-jasmine'
    ]
  });
};

Add the following file verify.spec.js to the tests directory

describe("verify jasmine/karma setup", function() {
    it ('should verify karma/jasmine is working', function() {
        expect(1).toEqual(1);
    });
});

Run karma start in the directory with the karma.conf.js file

If everything is setup correctly you should see Executed 1 of 1 SUCCESS