Angular-cli: Cannot find name 'describe'

[Gnorro]

• [x] bug report

Angular CLI: 1.6.1
Node: 8.2.1
OS: win32 x64
Angular: 5.0.0
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... http, platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, router

@angular/cdk: 2.0.0-beta.8
@angular/cli: 1.6.1
@angular/language-service: 4.3.2
@angular/material: 2.0.0-beta.8
@angular/platform-server: 5.1.1
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer: 0.0.36
@angular-devkit/core: 0.0.22
@angular-devkit/schematics: 0.0.42
@ngtools/json-schema: 1.1.0
@ngtools/webpack: 1.9.1
@schematics/angular: 0.1.11
@schematics/schematics: 0.0.11
typescript: 2.4.2
webpack: 3.8.1

Repro steps

Follow guide:
https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/wiki/stories-universal-rendering

Observed behavior

I run;
npm run build:ssr && npm run serve:ssr

dist/browser and dist/server are created, server.js is created but when command:
webpack --config webpack.server.config.js --progress --colors
is executed, then i get this error:
ERROR in D:\Test\trunk-angular5-universal\e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts[tsl] ERROR in D:\Test\trunk-angular5-universal\e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts(3,1) TS2304: Cannot find name 'describe'.
ERROR in D:\Test\trunk-angular5-universal\e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts[tsl] ERROR in D:\Test\trunk-angular5-universal\e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts(6,3) TS2304: Cannot find name 'beforeEach'.
ERROR in D:\Test\trunk-angular5-universal\e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts[tsl] ERROR in D:\Test\trunk-angular5-universal\e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts(10,3) TS2304: Cannot find name 'it'.
ERROR in D:\Test\trunk-angular5-universal\e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts[tsl] ERROR in D:\Test\trunk-angular5-universal\e2e\app.e2e-spec.ts(12,5) TS2304: Cannot find name 'expect'.

Desired behavior

No error

Mention any other details that might be useful (optional)

My package.json:
{
"name": "XXX",
"version": "0.0.0",
"license": "MIT",
"scripts": {
"ng": "ng",
"start": "ng serve",
"build": "ng build",
"test": "ng test",
"lint": "ng lint",
"e2e": "ng e2e",
"build:ssr": "npm run build:client-and-server-bundles && npm run webpack:server",
"serve:ssr": "node dist/server.js",
"build:client-and-server-bundles": "ng build --prod && ng build --prod --app 1 --output-hashing=false",
"webpack:server": "webpack --config webpack.server.config.js --progress --colors"
},
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"@agm/core": "1.0.0-beta.2",
"@agm/js-marker-clusterer": "1.0.0-beta.1",
"@angular/animations": "5.0.0",
"@angular/cdk": "2.0.0-beta.8",
"@angular/common": "5.0.0",
"@angular/compiler": "5.0.0",
"@angular/core": "5.0.0",
"@angular/forms": "5.0.0",
"@angular/http": "5.0.0",
"@angular/material": "2.0.0-beta.8",
"@angular/platform-browser": "5.0.0",
"@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "5.0.0",
"@angular/platform-server": "5.1.1",
"@angular/router": "5.0.0",
"@covalent/core": "1.0.0-beta.5-1",
"@nguniversal/module-map-ngfactory-loader": "5.0.0-beta.5",
"@satispay/web-button-factory": "1.0.4",
"@types/angular": "1.6.28",
"@types/node": "6.0.88",
"braintree-web": "3.22.2",
"braintree-web-drop-in": "1.8.0",
"classlist.js": "1.1.20150312",
"core-js": "2.4.1",
"enhanced-resolve": "3.3.0",
"hammerjs": "2.0.8",
"js-marker-clusterer": "1.0.0",
"lory.js": "2.3.3",
"md5": "2.2.1",
"moment": "2.18.1",
"ng2-cookies": "1.0.12",
"ng2-responsive": "0.8.4",
"ng2-scroll-to-el": "1.0.0",
"paypal-checkout": "4.0.133",
"rxjs": "5.5.2",
"sass-loader": "6.0.6",
"ts-loader": "3.2.0",
"web-animations-js": "2.3.1",
"zone.js": "0.8.16"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@angular/cli": "1.6.1",
"@angular/compiler-cli": "5.0.0",
"@angular/language-service": "4.3.2",
"@types/jasmine": "2.5.45",
"@types/node": "6.0.88",
"codelyzer": "3.0.1",
"jasmine-core": "2.6.4",
"jasmine-spec-reporter": "4.1.1",
"karma": "1.7.0",
"karma-chrome-launcher": "2.1.1",
"karma-cli": "1.0.1",
"karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "1.3.0",
"karma-jasmine": "1.1.0",
"karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "0.2.2",
"ngx-swiper-wrapper": "5.1.0",
"protractor": "5.1.2",
"ts-node": "3.0.6",
"tslint": "5.3.2",
"typescript": "2.4.2",
"webpack": "3.8.1"
}
}

[hansl]

Could you provide a reproduction git repo we could clone? Seems like your tsconfig might be missing types.

[Gnorro]

Hi Hans

This is my tsconfig:

{
"compileOnSave": false,
"compilerOptions": {
"outDir": "./dist/out-tsc",
"baseUrl": "src",
"sourceMap": true,
"declaration": false,
"moduleResolution": "node",
"emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
"experimentalDecorators": true,
"target": "es5",
"types": [ "node" ],
"typeRoots": [
"node_modules/@types"
],
"lib": [
"es2016",
"dom"
]
}
}

For git repo, I should publish my entire production project...

Is my tsconfig enough for the moment?

thanks

[Gnorro]

is there any other info I can give to you, maybe other configuration files or similar?

thanks

[rafiqueshaikh]

import {} from 'jasmine';

add above line to testing file 'xx.spec.ts' this will save you time..

[Gnorro]

Hi webdoors
Can you explain that please?
Don't understand where I have to add that import. Thanks

[rafiqueshaikh]

import {} from 'jasmine';

in the test file, like what you are trying to test, like appComponent.spec.ts

[Gnorro]

Thanks Webdoors. This fixed the problem. I put it in file app.e2e-spec.ts
Now I get another error, the same of the one described here:
https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/8956

[bungbung2]

@Webdoors
Thanks.
I fixed this problem. your idea is really good.
Can I solve this problem with other configuration files?
such as *.json

[zessu]

for typescript > 2 just do a npm install --save-dev @types/jasmine
Then in the tsconfig have a

  "typeRoots": [
      "node_modules/@types"
    ],

[strommj]

Is there a more proper solution to this other than the import {} from 'jasmine' work-around? I'm having these same issues with an angular project which was previously working fine, but now displays the above errors when running ng serve

I have documented my issue on Stack Overflow

[houfu]

@strommj I don't know if this helps you but I encountered the same problem (typescript service claims there is no 'describe', 'beforeeach' etc even after I checked the @types). ng test was also not locating or executing any tests in my projects. After upgrading my local angular/cli (6.1.5) and global angular/cli (6.2.8) to latest (7.1.4), the errors disappear. Not entirely sure what is happening, but I think the versions can cause confusions.

[meysamsahragard]

I installed an older version of jasmine with this command:
npm install --save-dev @types/[email protected]
and the problem solved.

[alexbenitez]

@meysamsahragard, in my case I re-installed @types/[email protected] (the version that I already had) and re-started to work. I had tried clearing the cache before this but for some reason that wasn't enough... it was until I re-ran the install --save when finally worked.

We had the problem in two different development machines and solved the same way.

[GeoffMahugu]

Thanks @meysamsahragard , did npm install --save-dev @types/[email protected] and it worked

[meysamsahragard]

Hi @GeoffMahugu. I'm glad that your problem has been resolved.

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