accessing $scope from unit test file when using the vm “ControllerAs” syntax from AngularJS HotTowel

Question

See here for example: http://www.johnpapa.net/angularjss-controller-as-and-the-vm-variable/

As the title suggests, I\'m following along on this tutorial [http://tech

Answer 1

Ah, obvious now...I can access the vm variable through making a reference to the controller that's created in the test:

 it("should assign Dashboard as title", function () {
       var vm = controller("dashboard", { $scope: scope });
       expect(vm.title).toBe("Dashboard");
    });

Answer 2

you can also do this:

it("should assign Dashboard as title", function () {
    var controller = controller("dashboard as vm", { $scope: scope });

    expect(scope.vm.title).toBe("Dashboard");
});