Referenceerror: Can't Find Variable X When Using Grunt Test In Yeoman

I'm using yeoman, grunt, mocha. I want to do BDD so I make basic unit test and run grunt test in console, which gives me ReferenceError: can't find variable: Creature opening test/

Solution 1:

This is probably because of this line. connect.static(config.app). Running it on the commandline, it runs connect, and sets the root/base path (where it reads the file) to app and test. So if you remove app it works for commandline, however if you are running it as a file, it is relative, hence needing 'app'

Solution 2:

probably you call

<script>mocha.run()</script>

when DOM is not ready yet try this

<script>if( document.readyState === "complete" ) {
   var creature = newCreature('test'); 
   alert(creature .name);
   //mocha.run()
}
</script>

or with jQuery

$(function() {
var creature = newCreature('test'); 
   alert(creature .name);
   //mocha.run()
});

Solution 3:

Have you tried putting

<scriptsrc="../app/scripts/creature.js"></script>

before

<scriptsrc="bower_components/mocha/mocha.js"></script>

It looks like the var isn't defined and probably what volkinc was after with his response.