Jshint jasmine functions undefined in mean.js - jshint

Question

I have a mean.js application running, and every jasmine function name returns undefined even when i did what the following told me to do:
JSHint thinks Jasmine functions are undefined
This is the relevant code from my project:
.jshintrc
{
"node": true, // Enable globals available when code is running inside of the NodeJS runtime environment.
"jasmine": true,
"browser": true, // Standard browser globals e.g. `window`, `document`.
"esnext": true, // Allow ES.next specific features such as `const` and `let`.
"bitwise": false, // Prohibit bitwise operators (&, |, ^, etc.).
"camelcase": false, // Permit only camelcase for `var` and `object indexes`.
"curly": false, // Require {} for every new block or scope.
"eqeqeq": true, // Require triple equals i.e. `===`.
"immed": true, // Require immediate invocations to be wrapped in parens e.g. `( function(){}() );`
"latedef": true, // Prohibit variable use before definition.
"newcap": true, // Require capitalization of all constructor functions e.g. `new F()`.
"noarg": true, // Prohibit use of `arguments.caller` and `arguments.callee`.
"quotmark": "single", // Define quotes to string values.
"regexp": true, // Prohibit `.` and `[^...]` in regular expressions.
"undef": true, // Require all non-global variables be declared before they are used.
"unused": false, // Warn unused variables.
"strict": true, // Require `use strict` pragma in every file.
"trailing": true, // Prohibit trailing whitespaces.
"smarttabs": false, // Suppresses warnings about mixed tabs and spaces
"predef": [ // Extra globals.
"jasmine",
"angular",
"ApplicationConfiguration",
"define",
"require",
"exports",
"module",
"describe",
"before",
"beforeEach",
"after",
"afterEach",
"it",
"inject",
"expect"
],
"indent": 4, // Specify indentation spacing
"devel": true, // Allow development statements e.g. `console.log();`.
"noempty": true // Prohibit use of empty blocks.
}
gruntfile.js
jshint: {
all: {
src: watchFiles.clientJS.concat(watchFiles.serverJS),
options: {
jshintrc: true,
node: true,
jasmine: true
}
}
},
Still, 'it is not defined' ....
wat's wrong?

Answer 1

That Answer/jshint API is out of date. Try "predef" as the key in your .jshintrc instead of "globals". It's also an array. Final file should look like:
{
"node": true,
"jasmine": true,
....
"predef": [
"jasmine",
"angular",
"ApplicationConfiguration"
],
}
Also, make sure it's preceded with a . (should be .jshintrc)
Refs: http://jshint.com/docs/