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I am playing around with https://github.com/angular/angular-seed

A controller is defined in app/controllers.js like this

'use strict';
function MyCtrl1() {}
MyCtrl1.$inject = [];

this doesn't pass jshint as MyCtrl1 is referenced in app/app.js and not in my globals list.

According to Brian Ford and others I have read the preferred style is

angular.module('myApp').controller('MyCtrl1', [], function () {});

I like this better as it's not in the global scope, but now my testacular specs fail because this doesn't work anymore:

var myCtrl1;
beforeEach(function(){
  myCtrl1 = new MyCtrl1();
});

How do I get a reference to this controller which is defined in the "preferred" style for testing purposes?

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This might be the same issue that I have anwsered here You need to add beforeEach(module('myApp')); – Xesued Apr 8 at 0:05

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credit due to both Javito and Xesued:

beforeEach(module('myApp'));
var scope, ctrl;
beforeEach(inject(function($controller, $rootScope) {
    scope = $rootScope.$new();
    ctrl = $controller('MyCtrl1', {$scope: scope});
}));
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Try,

beforeEach(inject(function($controller) {
    scope = {};    
    MyCtrl1 = $controller('MyCtrl1', {
      $scope: scope
    });
  }));
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close, it seems you need a real scope, and also the beforeEach as suggested by Xesued in the comments. code is not working out here, I guess I have to answer it myself. Sorry, I wanted to give you the credit :( – user2240431 Apr 10 at 14:17

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