[SOLVED] Is there a way to delay the start of a QUnit test suite?

Is there a way to delay the start of a QUnit test suite?

I'm trying to troubleshoot a unit test issue.

I used to have a mostly working Maven -> PhantomJS -> Qunit setup, but it was unpredictable so I took it apart to try to fix it.

I upgraded the software:

Qunit: 1.11.0
PhantomJS: 1.8
Phantom Qunit Runner Latest: https://github.com/jquery/qunit/tree/master/addons/phantomjs

I see the web GUI working. It runs and passes all 102 tests. The console prints this:

$ phantomjs --disk-cache=false runner.js http://localhost/ui/dcx/test.html
$ Took 16ms to run 0 tests. 0 passed, 0 failed.

If I comment out the exit command in the runner, it prints the console output for QUnit.done multiple times.

$ phantomjs --disk-cache=false runner.js http://localhost/ui/dcx/test.html
$ PhantomJS successfully loaded a page
$ QUnit.done callback fired
$ Took 15ms to run 0 tests. 0 passed, 0 failed.
$ QUnit.done callback fired
$ Took 1840ms to run 102 tests. 102 passed, 0 failed.
$ QUnit.done callback fired
$ Took 1841ms to run 102 tests. 102 passed, 0 failed.
$ QUnit.done callback fired
$ Took 1842ms to run 102 tests. 102 passed, 0 failed.
$ QUnit.done callback fired
$ Took 1848ms to run 102 tests. 102 passed, 0 failed.
$ ^C
$

Looks to me like the Qunit.done callback is getting executed too soon, then multiple times.

Anyone know why that callback fires?

My test inclusions and login delay might be relevant. I use AMD modules to define tests and curl.js to bring them in. Nothing happens until the security login does:

curl(['dolla'], function($){
        $.ajax({
        type: 'POST',
        url: '/svc/j_spring_security_check',
        data: {
            j_username: '7',
            j_password: '7'
        },
        success: function() {
            loadTests()
        }
    });
})
var loadTests = function () {
    curl([
        // Unit tests
         'dcx/dataControls/activity.test'
        , 'dcx/dataControls/eventList.test'
        , 'dcx/dataControls/mapViewer.view.test'
        , 'dcx/pages/deviceDetails.view.test'
        , 'dcx/pages/login.test'
        , 'dcx/pages/nodeProfiles.test'
        , 'dcx/pages/settings.view.test'
    ], function() {},  function(ex) { throw new Error(ex) })
})

EDIT: I'm down to a root cause, I think. If you include QUnit on a blank page, it calls QUnit.begin and QUnit.done right away. I need to delay execution of Qunit until after the security login is successful and curl has brought in my unit tests. Is there a way to delay the start of QUnit, but still keep the Qunit object available? I can't use stop() because there are many async tests that will call start().

Solution

Found the answer. You can configure QUnit to not start, then start it manually when all your tests are loaded. This prevents the duplicate calling of Qunit.done which is the root cause of this issue.

http://forum.jquery.com/topic/are-qunit-and-requirejs-compatible#14737000001967123