How can I have a beforeAll function in Jasmine ? (Not coffeeScript)

Question

I need to know if there is a way to include or use a beforeAll function, or something similar, so I can login to my application and then start testing.

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Answer 1

This is now much easier. As of Jasmine 2.1 (released 14 Nov 2014), there is a beforeAll function built into the framework.

Here are the release notes with everything that was added in 2.1. And here is the documentation explaining beforeAll and afterAll