AuthModalView = require 'views/modal/auth_modal' RecoverModalView = require 'views/modal/recover_modal' describe 'AuthModalView', -> it 'opens the recover modal when you click the recover link', -> m = new AuthModalView() m.render() spyOn(m, 'openModalView') m.$el.find('#link-to-recover').click() expect(m.openModalView.calls.count()).toEqual(1) args = m.openModalView.calls.argsFor(0) expect(args[0] instanceof RecoverModalView).toBeTruthy()