IPython/html/tests/widgets/manager.js

// Test the widget manager.
casper.notebook_test(function () {
    var index;
    
    this.then(function () {
    
        // Check if the WidgetManager class is defined.
        this.test.assert(this.evaluate(function() {
            return IPython.WidgetManager !== undefined; 
        }), 'WidgetManager class is defined');

        // Check if the widget manager has been instantiated.
        this.test.assert(this.evaluate(function() {
            return IPython.notebook.kernel.widget_manager !== undefined; 
        }), 'Notebook widget manager instantiated');

        // Try creating a widget from Javascript.
        this.evaluate(function() {
            IPython.notebook.kernel.widget_manager.create_model({
                model_name: 'WidgetModel', 
                widget_class: 'IPython.html.widgets.widget_int.IntSlider'})
                .then(function(model) { 
                    console.log('Create success!', model); 
                    window.slider_id = model.id; 
                }, function(error) { console.log(error); });
        });
    });

    // Wait for the state to be recieved.
    this.waitFor(function check() {
        return this.evaluate(function() {
            return window.slider_id !== undefined;
        });
    });

    index = this.append_cell(
        'from IPython.html.widgets import Widget\n' + 
        'widget = list(Widget.widgets.values())[0]\n' +
        'print(widget.model_id)');
    this.execute_cell_then(index, function(index) {
        var output = this.get_output_cell(index).text.trim();
        var slider_id = this.evaluate(function() { return window.slider_id; });
        this.test.assertEquals(output, slider_id, "Widget created from the front-end.");
    });
});