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Unit Testing Angular Components

Explore how to create effective unit tests for Angular components using Angular CLI's generated test files. Learn to test form input behaviors, configure dependency injection for testing, and fix common errors. Understand running and managing Angular tests with npm to ensure component reliability.

Introduction to testing in Angular

Angular provides a rich set of unit testing components that enable us to unit test all aspects of our application.

For the login component, we should write a set of unit tests that cover at least the basic logic flow of the form. We really need to test the following behaviors of the login component:

  • When the form is first presented, both the username and password fields should be blank.

  • If only the username field is filled in, then the “Login” button should be disabled.

  • If both the username and password fields are filled in, then the “Login” button should be enabled.

  • When the “Login” button is clicked, a domain event should be broadcast with the correct event key and data packet.

The Angular CLI will automatically generate a .spec.ts file for each component or service that we create using ng generate ...