I used Karma about a year ago, and everything worked fine. When I changed the tests and saved the .test.js file, the autostart test - there was no need to restart or change anything. Today I wanted to run these tests again. Having a new computer, I had to install node and npm and something else, and then I also installed:
npm install -g karma karma-cli karma-jasmine karma-chrome-launcher
I configured Karma as follows ( karma init ):
// Karma configuration // Generated on Thu Apr 14 2016 14:50:35 GMT+0200 (Central Europe Summer Time) module.exports = function(config) { config.set({ // base path that will be used to resolve all patterns (eg. files, exclude) basePath: '', // frameworks to use // available frameworks: https://npmjs.org/browse/keyword/karma-adapter frameworks: ['jasmine'], // list of files / patterns to load in the browser files: [ 'js/*.js' ], // list of files to exclude exclude: [ ], // preprocess matching files before serving them to the browser // available preprocessors: https://npmjs.org/browse/keyword/karma-preprocessor preprocessors: { }, // test results reporter to use // possible values: 'dots', 'progress' // available reporters: https://npmjs.org/browse/keyword/karma-reporter reporters: ['progress'], // web server port port: 9876, // enable / disable colors in the output (reporters and logs) colors: true, // level of logging // possible values: config.LOG_DISABLE || config.LOG_ERROR || config.LOG_WARN || config.LOG_INFO || config.LOG_DEBUG logLevel: config.LOG_INFO, // enable / disable watching file and executing tests whenever any file changes autoWatch: true, // start these browsers // available browser launchers: https://npmjs.org/browse/keyword/karma-launcher browsers: ['Chrome'], // Continuous Integration mode // if true, Karma captures browsers, runs the tests and exits singleRun: false, // Concurrency level // how many browser should be started simultaneous concurrency: Infinity }) }
When I start karma ( karma start karma.conf.js ), a new chrome tab opens with the port specified in the configuration file. The test passed, everything worked as expected. However, when I changed something in the .test.js file, Karma did not start automatically. Actually, there were no changes. I had to restart Karma in CMD and run again to see new results.
However, if I open a new CMD and execute karma run , the test is updated. So the part that keeps track of the changes doesn't work, obviously.
So, I have no idea what I'm missing here, but the Karma auto-view feature no longer works. Any suggestions I should start with?