Advanced techniques for Angular unit testing – lifecycle hooks
In this section, we will understand how to leverage lifecycle hooks and manage dependencies in our unit tests for Angular components. You’ll be empowered with the knowledge and skills you need to write robust and efficient unit tests, ensuring the quality and stability of your Angular applications. Let’s dive in and explore advanced unit-testing techniques for Angular components.
Discovering lifecycle hooks
Angular provides several lifecycle hooks that allow us to perform actions at specific stages of a component’s lifecycle. Testing these hooks ensures that our components behave as expected. But before we look deeper into the subject of the testing lifecycle, let’s take a look at some of Angular’s lifecycle methods:
ngOnInit()
: ThengOnInit()
hook is called after the component has been initialized. In ourCalculator
component, we can use this hook to set the initial...