How would I test a $scope.watch (AngularJS) change in Jasmine?

Question

I\'ve just recently started writing something with AngularJS and I\'m not sure how to go about writing a test for this particular thing. I\'m building a \"Help Request\" mode th

Answer 1

In your unit tests you need to manually call $scope.$digest() or $scope.$apply() to trigger $scope.$watch().

Normally in your code you wouldn't have to do this, since directives like ng-click do $rootScope.$apply for you behind the scenes.