@analogjs/vitest-angular

A standalone builder for running tests with Vitest and Angular.

Installation

Use your package manager of choice to install the necessary packages.

With ng add:

ng add @analogjs/vitest-angular

With npm:

npm install @analogjs/vitest-angular vitest --save-dev

With pnpm:

pnpm install -w @analogjs/vitest-angular vitest --dev

With Yarn:

yarn install @analogjs/vitest-angular vitest --dev

Setup for Running Tests in Node

To setup Vitest, create a vite.config.ts at the root of your project:

/// <reference types="vitest" />
import { defineConfig } from 'vite';

import angular from '@analogjs/vite-plugin-angular';

export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => ({
  plugins: [angular()],
  test: {
    globals: true,
    setupFiles: ['src/test-setup.ts'],
    environment: 'jsdom',
    include: ['src/**/*.{test,spec}.{js,mjs,cjs,ts,mts,cts,jsx,tsx}'],
    reporters: ['default'],
  },
  define: {
    'import.meta.vitest': mode !== 'production',
  },
}));

Next, define a src/test-setup.ts file to setup the TestBed:

import '@analogjs/vitest-angular/setup-zone';

import {
  BrowserDynamicTestingModule,
  platformBrowserDynamicTesting,
} from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/testing';
import { getTestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';

getTestBed().initTestEnvironment(
  BrowserDynamicTestingModule,
  platformBrowserDynamicTesting()
);

Next, update the test target in the angular.json to use the @analogjs/vitest-angular:test builder:

{
  "$schema": "./node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",
  "version": 1,
  "newProjectRoot": "projects",
  "projects": {
    "your-project": {
      "projectType": "application",
      "architect": {
        "test": {
          "builder": "@analogjs/vitest-angular:test"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Lastly, add the src/test-setup.ts to files array in the tsconfig.spec.json in the root of your project, set the target to es2016, and update the types.

{
  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
  "compilerOptions": {
    "outDir": "./out-tsc/spec",
    "target": "es2016",
    "types": ["vitest/globals", "node"]
  },
  "files": ["src/test-setup.ts"],
  "include": ["src/**/*.spec.ts", "src/**/*.d.ts"]
}

Running Tests

To run unit tests, use the test command:

npm run test

yarn test

pnpm test

The npx vitest command can also be used directly.

Snapshot Testing

For snapshot testing you can use toMatchSnapshot from expect API.

Below is a small example of how to write a snapshot test:

// card.component.spec.ts
import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';

import { CardComponent } from './card.component';

describe('CardComponent', () => {
  let fixture: ComponentFixture<CardComponent>;
  let component: CardComponent;

  beforeEach(() =>
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      imports: [CardComponent],
    })
  );

  beforeEach(() => {
    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CardComponent);
    component = fixture.componentInstance;
    fixture.detectChanges();
  });

  it('should create the app', () => {
    expect(fixture).toMatchSnapshot();
  });
});

After you run the test, a card.component.spec.ts.snap file is created in the__snapshots__ folder with the below content:

// Vitest Snapshot v1, https://vitest.dev/guide/snapshot.html

exports[`CardComponent > should create the app 1`] = `
  <component-code>
`;

The snapshots generated should be reviewed and added to version control.

Using TypeScript Config Path Aliases

If you are using paths in your tsconfig.json, support for those aliases can be added to the vite.config.ts.

First, install the vite-tsconfig-paths package.

With npm:

npm install vite-tsconfig-paths --save-dev

With pnpm:

pnpm install -w vite-tsconfig-paths --dev

With Yarn:

yarn add vite-tsconfig-paths --dev

Next, add the plugin to the plugins array in the vite.config.ts.

/// <reference types="vitest" />
import { defineConfig } from 'vite';

import angular from '@analogjs/vite-plugin-angular';
import viteTsConfigPaths from 'vite-tsconfig-paths';

export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => ({
  // ...other config
  plugins: [angular(), viteTsConfigPaths()],
}));

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