$scopeProvider <- $scope/ Unknown provider

Question

I testing my angular-application with jasmine(http://jasmine.github.io/2.0/) and getting next error: Unknown provider: $scopeProvider <- $scope I know, that it\'s incorrect

Answer 1

Normally, a $scope will be available as an injectable param only when the controller is attached to the DOM.

You need to associate somehow the controller to the DOM (I'm mot familiar with jasmine at all).

Answer 2

I am following a video tutorial from egghead (link bellow) which suggest this approach:

describe("hello world", function () {
    var appCtrl;
    beforeEach(module("app"))
    beforeEach(inject(function ($controller) {
        appCtrl = $controller("AppCtrl");
    }))

    describe("AppCtrl", function () {
        it("should have a message of hello", function () {
            expect(appCtrl.message).toBe("Hello")
        })
    })
})

Controller:

var app = angular.module("app", []);

app.controller("AppCtrl",  function () {
    this.message = "Hello";
});

I am posting it because in the answer selected we are creating a new scope. This means we cannot test the controller's scope vars, no?

link to video tutorial (1min) : https://egghead.io/lessons/angularjs-testing-a-controller

Answer 3

You need to manually pass in a $scope to your controller:

describe('testModule module', function() {
    beforeEach(module('testModule'));

    describe('test controller', function() {
        var scope, testCont;

        beforeEach(inject(function($rootScope, $controller) {
            scope = $rootScope.$new();
            testCont = $controller('TestCont', {$scope: scope});
        }));

        it('should uppercase correctly', function() {
            expect(testCont.upper('lol')).toEqual('LOL');
            expect(testCont.upper('jumpEr')).toEqual('JUMPER');
            ...
        });
    });
});