Karma: System notifications when tests pass or fail

Question

Currently, when using karma/testacular, I open up a command line windows and do karma start. I then generally work in vim, and if I'm working in fullscreen mode I have to tab back to the command window to see the test results when I make changes and save.

I'd like instead to get a system notification showing me if the results of the tests were SUCCESS or FAILURE, each time I save.

Since I work on both linux and windows, I'd like solutions for both cases. A vim plugin instead of a system notification would also be a fine solution, though I haven't been able to find any yet.

Answer 1

Karma supports Growl/GNTP as a reporter, looks like this could work in Windows and Linux.

I did the following which worked on OSX:

1. Installed Growl

2. Installed growly

   npm install growly
   

3. Added growl to karma.conf.js

   reporters = ['progress', 'growl'];
   

Answer 2

Another option if you're using Mountain Lion and OSX Notifications and you don't want to install Growl is to just use the karma-osx-reporter plugin. Works beautifully!