docs: add fakeAsync test new feature document (#23117)

PR Close #23117

aio/content/examples/testing/src/app/demo/async-helper.spec.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-variable
 import { async, fakeAsync, tick } from '@angular/core/testing';
-
+import { interval, of } from 'rxjs';
-import { of } from 'rxjs';
+import { delay, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { delay } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
 describe('Angular async helper', () => {
   let actuallyDone = false;
@@ -23,6 +22,13 @@ describe('Angular async helper', () => {
   it('should run async test with task',
      async(() => { setTimeout(() => { actuallyDone = true; }, 0); }));
 
+  it('should run async test with task', async(() => {
+       const id = setInterval(() => {
+         actuallyDone = true;
+         clearInterval(id);
+       }, 100);
+     }));
+
   it('should run async test with successful promise', async(() => {
        const p = new Promise(resolve => { setTimeout(resolve, 10); });
        p.then(() => { actuallyDone = true; });
@@ -33,37 +39,101 @@ describe('Angular async helper', () => {
        p.catch(() => { actuallyDone = true; });
      }));
 
-  // Use done. Cannot use setInterval with async or fakeAsync
+  // Use done. Can also use async or fakeAsync.
-  // See https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/10127
   it('should run async test with successful delayed Observable', (done: DoneFn) => {
-    const source = of(true).pipe(delay(10));
+    const source = of (true).pipe(delay(10));
-    source.subscribe(
+    source.subscribe(val => actuallyDone = true, err => fail(err), done);
-      val => actuallyDone = true,
-      err => fail(err),
-      done
-    );
   });
 
-  // Cannot use setInterval from within an async zone test
+  // #docregion fake-async-test-tick
-  // See https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/10127
+  it('should run timeout callback with delay after call tick with millis', fakeAsync(() => {
-  // xit('should run async test with successful delayed Observable', async(() => {
+       let called = false;
-  // const source = of(true).pipe(delay(10));
+       setTimeout(() => { called = true; }, 100);
-  //   source.subscribe(
+       tick(100);
-  //     val => actuallyDone = true,
+       expect(called).toBe(true);
-  //     err => fail(err)
+     }));
-  //   );
+  // #enddocregion fake-async-test-tick
-  // }));
 
-  // // Fail message: Error: 1 periodic timer(s) still in the queue
+  // #docregion fake-async-test-date
-  // // See https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/10127
+  it('should get Date diff correctly in fakeAsync', fakeAsync(() => {
-  // xit('should run async test with successful delayed Observable', fakeAsync(() => {
+       const start = Date.now();
-  // const source = of(true).pipe(delay(10));
+       tick(100);
-  //   source.subscribe(
+       const end = Date.now();
-  //     val => actuallyDone = true,
+       expect(end - start).toBe(100);
-  //     err => fail(err)
+     }));
-  //   );
+  // #enddocregion fake-async-test-date
 
-  //   tick();
+  // #docregion fake-async-test-rxjs
-  // }));
+  it('should get Date diff correctly in fakeAsync with rxjs scheduler', fakeAsync(() => {
+       // need to add `import 'zone.js/dist/zone-patch-rxjs-fake-async'
+       // to patch rxjs scheduler
+       let result = null;
+       of ('hello').pipe(delay(1000)).subscribe(v => { result = v; });
+       expect(result).toBeNull();
+       tick(1000);
+       expect(result).toBe('hello');
+
+       const start = new Date().getTime();
+       let dateDiff = 0;
+       interval(1000).pipe(take(2)).subscribe(() => dateDiff = (new Date().getTime() - start));
+
+       tick(1000);
+       expect(dateDiff).toBe(1000);
+       tick(1000);
+       expect(dateDiff).toBe(2000);
+     }));
+  // #enddocregion fake-async-test-rxjs
+
+  // #docregion fake-async-test-clock
+  describe('use jasmine.clock()', () => {
+    // need to config __zone_symbol__fakeAsyncPatchLock flag
+    // before loading zone.js/dist/zone-testing
+    beforeEach(() => { jasmine.clock().install(); });
+    afterEach(() => { jasmine.clock().uninstall(); });
+    it('should auto enter fakeAsync', () => {
+      // is in fakeAsync now, don't need to call fakeAsync(testFn)
+      let called = false;
+      setTimeout(() => { called = true; }, 100);
+      jasmine.clock().tick(100);
+      expect(called).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+  // #enddocregion fake-async-test-clock
+
+  // #docregion async-test-promise-then
+  describe('test jsonp', () => {
+    function jsonp(url: string, callback: Function) {
+      // do a jsonp call which is not zone aware
+    }
+    // need to config __zone_symbol__supportWaitUnResolvedChainedPromise flag
+    // before loading zone.js/dist/zone-testing
+    it('should wait until promise.then is called', async(() => {
+         let finished = false;
+         new Promise((res, rej) => {
+           jsonp('localhost:8080/jsonp', () => {
+             // success callback and resolve the promise
+             finished = true;
+             res();
+           });
+         }).then(() => {
+           // async will wait until promise.then is called
+           // if __zone_symbol__supportWaitUnResolvedChainedPromise is set
+           expect(finished).toBe(true);
+         });
+       }));
+  });
+  // #enddocregion async-test-promise-then
+
+  it('should run async test with successful delayed Observable', async(() => {
+       const source = of (true).pipe(delay(10));
+       source.subscribe(val => actuallyDone = true, err => fail(err));
+     }));
+
+  it('should run async test with successful delayed Observable', fakeAsync(() => {
+       const source = of (true).pipe(delay(10));
+       source.subscribe(val => actuallyDone = true, err => fail(err));
+
+       tick(10);
+     }));
 
 });

aio/content/guide/setup.md

@@ -356,3 +356,24 @@ If you develop angular locally with `ng serve`, there will be `websocket` connec
 
 In windows, by default one application can only have 6 websocket connections, <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ee330736%28v=vs.85%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396#websocket_maxconn" title="MSDN WebSocket settings">MSDN WebSocket Settings</a>.
 So if IE was refreshed manunally or automatically by `ng serve`, sometimes, the websocket will not close properly, when websocket connections exceed limitations, `SecurityError` will be thrown, this error will not affect the angular application, you can just restart IE to clear this error, or modify the windows registry to update the limitations.
+
+## Appendix: test using `fakeAsync()/async()`
+
+If you use the `fakeAsync()/async()` helper function to run unit tests (for details, read [testing guide](guide/testing#async-test-with-fakeasync)), you need to import `zone.js/dist/zone-testing` in your test setup file.
+
+<div class="alert is-important">
+If you create project with `Angular/CLI`, it is already imported in `src/test.ts`.
+</div>
+
+And in the earlier versions of `Angular`, the following files were imported or added in your html file:
+
+```
+import 'zone.js/dist/long-stack-trace-zone';
+import 'zone.js/dist/proxy';
+import 'zone.js/dist/sync-test';
+import 'zone.js/dist/jasmine-patch';
+import 'zone.js/dist/async-test';
+import 'zone.js/dist/fake-async-test';
+```
+
+You can still load those files separately, but the order is important, you must import `proxy` before `sync-test`, `async-test`, `fake-async-test` and `jasmine-patch`. And you also need to import `sync-test` before `jasmine-patch`, so it is recommended to just import `zone-testing` instead of loading those separated files.

aio/content/guide/testing.md

@@ -1237,6 +1237,8 @@ value becomes available. The test must become _asynchronous_.
 
 #### Async test with _fakeAsync()_
 
+To use `fakeAsync()` functionality, you need to import `zone-testing`, for details, please read [setup guide](guide/setup#appendix-test-using-fakeasyncasync).
+
 The following test confirms the expected behavior when the service returns an `ErrorObservable`.
 
 <code-example
@@ -1250,7 +1252,7 @@ Note that the `it()` function receives an argument of the following form.
 fakeAsync(() => { /* test body */ })`
 ```
 
-The `fakeAsync` function enables a linear coding style by running the test body in a special _fakeAsync test zone_.
+The `fakeAsync()` function enables a linear coding style by running the test body in a special `fakeAsync test zone`.
 The test body appears to be synchronous.
 There is no nested syntax (like a `Promise.then()`) to disrupt the flow of control.
 
@@ -1263,12 +1265,55 @@ You do have to call `tick()` to advance the (virtual) clock.
 Calling `tick()` simulates the passage of time until all pending asynchronous activities finish.
 In this case, it waits for the error handler's `setTimeout()`;
 
-The `tick` function is one of the Angular testing utilities that you import with `TestBed`.
+The `tick()` function accepts milliseconds as parameter (defaults to 0 if not provided). The parameter represents how much the virtual clock advances. For example, if you have a `setTimeout(fn, 100)` in a `fakeAsync()` test, you need to use tick(100) to trigger the fn callback.
-It's a companion to `fakeAsync` and you can only call it within a `fakeAsync` body.
+
+<code-example
+  path="testing/src/app/demo/async-helper.spec.ts"
+  region="fake-async-test-tick">
+</code-example>
+
+The `tick()` function is one of the Angular testing utilities that you import with `TestBed`.
+It's a companion to `fakeAsync()` and you can only call it within a `fakeAsync()` body.
+
+#### Comparing dates inside fakeAsync()
+
+`fakeAsync()` simulates passage of time, which allows you to calculate the difference between dates inside `fakeAsync()`.
+
+<code-example
+  path="testing/src/app/demo/async-helper.spec.ts"
+  region="fake-async-test-date">
+</code-example>
+
+#### jasmine.clock with fakeAsync()
+
+Jasmine also provides a `clock` feature to mock dates. Angular automatically runs tests that are run after
+`jasmine.clock().install()` is called inside a `fakeAsync()` method until `jasmine.clock().uninstall()` is called. `fakeAsync()` is not needed and throws an error if nested.
+
+By default, this feature is disabled. To enable it, set a global flag before import `zone-testing`.
+
+If you use the Angular CLI, configure this flag in `src/test.ts`.
+
+```
+(window as any)['__zone_symbol__fakeAsyncPatchLock'] = true;
+import 'zone.js/dist/zone-testing';
+```
+
+<code-example
+  path="testing/src/app/demo/async-helper.spec.ts"
+  region="fake-async-test-clock">
+</code-example>
+
+#### Using the RxJS scheduler inside fakeAsync()
+
+You can also use RxJS scheduler in `fakeAsync()` just like using `setTimeout()` or `setInterval()`, but you need to import `zone.js/dist/zone-patch-rxjs-fake-async` to patch RxJS scheduler.
+<code-example
+  path="testing/src/app/demo/async-helper.spec.ts"
+  region="fake-async-test-rxjs">
+</code-example>
 
 #### Support more macroTasks
 
-By default `fakeAsync` supports the following `macroTasks`.
+By default `fakeAsync()` supports the following `macroTasks`.
 
 - setTimeout
 - setInterval
@@ -1289,7 +1334,7 @@ If you run other `macroTask` such as `HTMLCanvasElement.toBlob()`, `Unknown macr
   </code-pane>
 </code-tabs>
 
-If you want to support such case, you need to define the `macroTask` you want to support in `beforeEach`.
+If you want to support such case, you need to define the `macroTask` you want to support in `beforeEach()`.
 For example:
 
 ```javascript
@@ -1386,6 +1431,8 @@ Then you can assert that the quote element displays the expected text.
 
 #### Async test with _async()_
 
+To use `async()` functionality, you need to import `zone-testing`, for details, please read [setup guide](guide/setup#appendix-test-using-fakeasyncasync).
+
 The `fakeAsync()` utility function has a few limitations.
 In particular, it won't work if the test body makes an `XHR` call.
 
@@ -1409,12 +1456,13 @@ Here's the previous `fakeAsync()` test, re-written with the `async()` utility.
 
 The `async()` utility hides some asynchronous boilerplate by arranging for the tester's code
 to run in a special _async test zone_.
-You don't have to pass Jasmine's `done()` into the test and call `done()`
+You don't need to pass Jasmine's `done()` into the test and call `done()` because it is `undefined` in promise or observable callbacks.
-in promise or observable callbacks.
 
 But the test's asynchronous nature is revealed by the call to `fixture.whenStable()`,
 which breaks the linear flow of control.
 
+When using an `intervalTimer()` such as `setInterval()` in `async()`, remember to cancel the timer with `clearInterval()` after the test, otherwise the `async()` never ends.
+
 {@a when-stable}
 
 #### _whenStable_
@@ -1433,18 +1481,19 @@ update the quote element with the expected text.
 
 #### Jasmine _done()_
 
-While the `async` and `fakeAsync` functions greatly
+While the `async()` and `fakeAsync()` functions greatly
 simplify Angular asynchronous testing,
 you can still fall back to the traditional technique
 and pass `it` a function that takes a
 [`done` callback](http://jasmine.github.io/2.0/introduction.html#section-Asynchronous_Support).
 
+You can't call `done()` in `async()` or `fakeAsync()` functions, because the `done parameter`
+is `undefined`.
+
 Now you are responsible for chaining promises, handling errors, and calling `done()` at the appropriate moments.
 
-Writing test functions with `done()`, is more cumbersome than `async`and `fakeAsync`.
+Writing test functions with `done()`, is more cumbersome than `async()`and `fakeAsync()`.
-But it is occasionally necessary.
+But it is occasionally necessary when code involves the `intervalTimer()` like `setInterval`.
-For example, you can't call `async` or `fakeAsync` when testing
-code that involves the `intervalTimer()` or the RxJS `delay()` operator.
 
 Here are two more versions of the previous test, written with `done()`.
 The first one subscribes to the `Observable` exposed to the template by the component's `quote` property.
@@ -2307,7 +2356,6 @@ Here are a few more `HeroDetailComponent` tests to reinforce the point.
 
 {@a compile-components}
 ### Calling _compileComponents()_
-
 <div class="alert is-helpful">
 
 You can ignore this section if you _only_ run tests with the CLI `ng test` command
@@ -2871,7 +2919,7 @@ Here's a summary of the stand-alone functions, in order of likely utility:
 
     <td>
 
-      When a `fakeAsync` test ends with pending timer event _tasks_ (queued `setTimeOut` and `setInterval` callbacks),
+      When a `fakeAsync()` test ends with pending timer event _tasks_ (queued `setTimeOut` and `setInterval` callbacks),
       the test fails with a clear error message.
 
       In general, a test should end with no queued tasks.
@@ -2888,7 +2936,7 @@ Here's a summary of the stand-alone functions, in order of likely utility:
 
     <td>
 
-      When a `fakeAsync` test ends with pending _micro-tasks_ such as unresolved promises,
+      When a `fakeAsync()` test ends with pending _micro-tasks_ such as unresolved promises,
       the test fails with a clear error message.
 
       In general, a test should wait for micro-tasks to finish.