component testing in angular5

Can anyone tell me whether is it possible to test a component as a whole in angular5? If yes then how?

Also i am aware of unit testing and that is already covered by jasmine/karma so i dont want to write unit test but test the component as a whole.

I came across this link - https://vsavkin.com/three-ways-to-test-angular-2-components-dcea8e90bd8d where they are doing isolated test/shallow test. Is this nothing but component testing?

Somebody plz advice.