Karma-Jasmine unit test syntax

Question

Can you have multiple describe() in the same .spec.ts file? I am not talking about nested describe here.

describe('First describe', () => {
  it();
 })
describe('Second describe', () => {
it();
});

Is there any risk in doing this at any point in running the tests? I currently have 4 describe in my .spec to test different scenarios. Most of the time all tests pass. But some tests fail randomly even though the expected value is correct. Could the multiple describe be causing some issue? Is it better to make it nested? This is for an angular4 app

Answer 1

Yes, you can add multiple describe() in the .spec.ts because it is just javascript function. But for finding fails in your tests you need to debug it.

You can find it by following next link: https://jasmine.github.io/2.1/introduction.html#section-It's_Just_Functions