Karma: browser idle - karma-runner

Question

I am trying Karma for the first time, and after several hours I still can't get it to work.
When I run the test by typing karma start karma.conf.js in the terminal, the browser window opens and displays the following (I have also tried with Chrome with the same result):
This is the terminal output:
29 07 2015 16:27:12.835:INFO [karma]: Karma v0.13.3 server started at http://localhost:9876/
29 07 2015 16:27:12.852:INFO [launcher]: Starting browser Firefox
29 07 2015 16:27:15.866:INFO [Firefox 33.0.0 (Windows 7 0.0.0)]: Connected on socket HA1RSN-QsWuAO7NIAAAA with id 26755366
My karma.conf.js file is located at the root of my Node.js project and looks like this:
module.exports = function(config) {
config.set({
basePath: '',
frameworks: ['jasmine'],
files: [
'tests/unit/test.js'
],
exclude: [],
preprocessors: {},
reporters: ['progress'],
port: 9876,
colors: true,
logLevel: config.LOG_INFO,
autoWatch: false,
browsers: ['Firefox'],
singleRun: false
})
}
My test.js file looks like this (example test from a book, my actual tests will the Angular.js tests):
describe("First Test", function () {
var counter;
beforeEach(function () {
counter = 0;
});
it("increments value", function () {
counter++;
expect(counter).toEqual(1);
});
it("decrements value", function () {
counter--;
expect(counter).toEqual(0);
});
});
I'm using Node.js version 0.12.05.
I appreciate any help as I feel really lost here.

Answer 1

You need to trigger a test run, if you want it to execute. There are two ways to do this
Run karma run karma.conf.js in a second terminal window in the same working directory
Change the option singleRun to true, this way it will start, execute the test and then exit.