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+import '../support/node';
+
+describe("mainMenuTemplate", function() {
+
+    // Define local variables.  The template path is basically the key
+    // used as a reference to track the template within the $templateCache;
+    var viewHtml;
+    var templateUrl = '/static/main-menu/main-menu.partial.html';
+    var $rootScope;
+    var $scope;
+    var $compile;
+    var mainMenuElement;
+
+    // The templates module gets defined during the build process
+    // and including it gives us access to the templates that get
+    // stuffed into $templateCache
+    beforeEach("instantiate the templates module", function() {
+        angular.mock.module("templates");
+    });
+
+    beforeEach(inject(function($templateCache) {
+        // All of our templates should have been pre-loaded into $templateCache
+        // during the build process.  Leverage $templateCache.get to retrieve
+        // it into memory
+        viewHtml = $templateCache.get(templateUrl);
+    }));
+
+    beforeEach(inject(function(_$compile_, _$rootScope_){
+        $compile = _$compile_;
+        $rootScope = _$rootScope_;
+        $scope = $rootScope.$new();
+
+        // If we needed to stub any scope variables we could do it here
+
+        // Wrap HTML string as jQuery object
+        mainMenuElement = angular.element(viewHtml);
+    }));
+
+    it('mobile menu items match non-mobile menu items', function() {
+        compileElement();
+        var mobileMenuItems = mainMenuElement.find("#main_menu_mobile_items > .MainMenu-item").length;
+        var nonMobileMenuItems = mainMenuElement.find(".MainMenu-item--notMobile").length;
+        expect(mobileMenuItems).to.equal(nonMobileMenuItems);
+    });
+
+    function compileElement() {
+      $compile(mainMenuElement)($scope);
+      $rootScope.$digest();
+    }
+
+});