Webpacker does not setup Karma
by default, so you've to manually install it along with its dependencies as per your need. Following things marked as optional can be used to fancify the test results (Recommended).
// package.json
"scripts": {
"test": "NODE_ENV=test karma start"
},
"dependencies": {
"typescript": "^2.5.2"
},
"devDependencies": {
"karma": "^1.7.1",
"karma-webpack": "^2.0.4",
"karma-chrome-launcher": "^2.2.0",
"karma-jquery": "^0.2.2",
"karma-jasmine": "^1.1.0",
"karma-jasmine-jquery": "^0.1.1",
"jasmine-core": "^2.8.0",
[optional] "karma-coverage": "^1.1.1",
[optional] "karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "^1.3.0",
[optional] "karma-spec-reporter": "0.0.31",
[optional] "istanbul-instrumenter-loader": "^3.0.0",
}
It is beneficial to use the same webpack configuration file (generated by webpacker) in Karma configuration to avoid redundancy. Following line tells Karma not to write transpiled source files onto filesystem while testing to avoid Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/_karma_webpack_'
error. Then inject a new rule a.k.a. loader in the existing ones (needed only if you have installed istanbul-instrumenter-loader
) to generate a coverage report under /coverage
directory.
// config/webpack/test.js
const environment = require('./environment')
environment.plugins.get('Manifest').options.writeToFileEmit = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test'
environment.loaders.append('istanbul-instrumenter', {
test: /\.ts$/,
enforce: "post",
loader: "istanbul-instrumenter-loader",
query: {
esModules: true
},
exclude: ["node_modules", /\.test\.ts$/]
}) /* optional */
module.exports = environment.toWebpackConfig()
Finally, update karma.conf.js
to read the same test.js
file mentioned above. Rest of the things are mandatory (few marked as optional wherever appropriate).
// karma.conf.js
const webpackConfig = require('./config/webpack/test.js')
module.exports = function(config) {
config.set({
basePath: "",
frameworks: ["jquery-3.2.1", "jasmine-jquery", "jasmine"],
plugins: [
"karma-jquery",
"karma-jasmine-jquery",
"karma-jasmine",
"karma-webpack",
"karma-chrome-launcher",
"karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter" /* optional */,
"karma-spec-reporter" /* optional */
],
files: [ "/* add spec files */" ],
exclude: [],
webpack: webpackConfig,
preprocessors: {"/* add spec files */" : ["webpack"]},
mime: { "text/x-typescript": ["ts"] },
reporters: ["progress", "coverage-istanbul" /* optional */],
coverageIstanbulReporter: {
reports: [ 'html', 'lcovonly', 'text-summary' ],
fixWebpackSourcePaths: true
} /* optional */,
port: 9876,
colors: true,
logLevel: config.LOG_INFO,
autoWatch: true,
browsers: ["Chrome"],
singleRun: true
});
};
Webpacker lazily compiles assets in test env so you can write your tests without any extra setup and everything will just work out of the box.
Here is a sample system test case with hello_react example component:
// Example React component
import React from 'react'
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
const Hello = props => (
<div>Hello David</div>
)
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
ReactDOM.render(
<Hello />,
document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('div')),
)
})
<%# views/pages/home.html.erb %>
<%= javascript_pack_tag "hello_react" %>
# Tests example React component
require "application_system_test_case"
class HomesTest < ApplicationSystemTestCase
test "can see the hello message" do
visit root_url
assert_selector "h5", text: "Hello! David"
end
end
Make sure you configure Rails to serve static files from the public directory in the test environment.
# config/environments/test.rb
# Configure public file server for tests with Cache-Control for performance.
config.public_file_server.enabled = true
Webpacker ships with three javascript configuration files: test.js
,
development.js
, and production.js
. The NODE_ENV
environment
variable determines which config will be used. NODE_ENV
is
independent of RAILS_ENV
and is set to development
by default.
This means that rails test
or rspec
will use development.js
by default, not test.js
.
For more information see Why doesn't Webpacker use my test config when I run Rails tests?