angular2-testing

Let's say I have a component that subscribes to a service function: export class Component { ... ngOnInit() { this.service.doStuff().subscribe( (data: IData) => { doThings(data); }, (error: Error) => console.error(error) ); }; }; The subscribe call takes two anonymous functions as parameters, I've managed to set up a working unit test for the data function but Karma won't accept coverage for the error one. I've tried spying on the console.error function, throwing an error and then expecting the spy to have been called but that doesn't quite do it. My unit test: spyOn(console,'error').and

When do you use the async function in the TestBed when testing in Angular 2? When do you use this? beforeEach(() => { TestBed.configureTestingModule({ declarations: [MyModule], schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA], }); }); And when do you use this? beforeEach(async(() => { TestBed.configureTestingModule({ declarations: [MyModule], schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA], }); })); Can anyone enlighten me on this ? Paul Samsotha async will not allow the next test to start until the async finishes all its tasks. What async does is wrap the callback in a Zone, where all asynchronous tasks (e.g. setTimeout ) are

I am trying to test my component with angular 2 final, but I get an error because the component uses the routerLink directive. I get the following error: Can't bind to 'routerLink' since it isn't a known property of 'a'. This is the relevant code of the ListComponent template <a *ngFor="let item of data.list" class="box" routerLink="/settings/{{collectionName}}/edit/{{item._id}}"> And here is my test. import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing'; import { ListComponent } from './list.component'; import { defaultData, collectionName } from '../../config'; import { initialState } from '../..