it 'should have a VideosCtrl controller' passes when App.VideosCtrl is undefined

[ruchoma]

This is in the controllersSpec.js of unit testing controllers.

original code:
it('should have a VideosCtrl controller', function() {
expect(App.VideosCtrl).not.to.equal(null);
});

The issues is does the app have a VideosCtrl controller, or not?
The test passes even when I add the following 2 expectations:
expect(App.VideosCtrl).to.be.undefined;
expect(App.Nonexistant).not.to.equal(null);

How can this test be updated to truly reflect whether or not the VideosCtrl controller is bound to the App?

[Kichrum]

+1

>git log --oneline | head -n 1 && git diff && grunt test:unit
6d97e98 add post script to install bower files after npm install
diff --git a/test/unit/controllers/controllersSpec.js b/test/unit/controllers/controllersSpec.js
index d8c29bb..e69b92f 100644
--- a/test/unit/controllers/controllersSpec.js
+++ b/test/unit/controllers/controllersSpec.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe("Unit: Testing Controllers", function() {
   beforeEach(angular.mock.module('App'));

   it('should have a VideosCtrl controller', function() {
-    expect(App.VideosCtrl).not.to.equal(null);
+    expect(App.SomeFakeCtrl).not.to.equal(null);
   });

   it('should have a VideoCtrl controller', function() {
Running "karma:unit" (karma) task
INFO [karma]: Karma v0.10.10 server started at http://localhost:9876/
INFO [launcher]: Starting browser Chrome
INFO [Chrome 38.0.2125 (Linux)]: Connected on socket eeNsqIQi7QaanV6PHK-w
Chrome 38.0.2125 (Linux): Executed 16 of 16 SUCCESS (0.337 secs / 0.079 secs)

Done, without errors.

[Kichrum]

Possible fix for this problem is this patch:

diff --git a/test/unit/controllers/controllersSpec.js b/test/unit/controllers/controllersSpec.js
index d8c29bb..01a2f1f 100644
--- a/test/unit/controllers/controllersSpec.js
+++ b/test/unit/controllers/controllersSpec.js
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ describe("Unit: Testing Controllers", function() {

   beforeEach(angular.mock.module('App'));

-  it('should have a VideosCtrl controller', function() {
-    expect(App.VideosCtrl).not.to.equal(null);
-  });
+  it('should have a VideosCtrl controller', inject(function($rootScope, $controller) {
+    var ctrl = $controller('VideosCtrl', {
+      $scope : $rootScope
+    });
+    expect(ctrl).not.to.equal(null);
+  }));

   it('should have a VideoCtrl controller', function() {
     expect(App.VideoCtrl).not.to.equal(null);

(And apply the same for all other controllers)
But I'd not recommend to use this article as tutorial at all. 👎