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The Importance of ToDo Tests

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I’m not a huge fan of todo comments in code because I think they’re mainly forgotten. However, I don’t have the same opinion for PHPUnit tests. Let’s talk about why - and how to easily add them in your code.

Do Not Calculate Answers to Your Unit Tests

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Since you’re a programmer, you’re always looking for ways to be a bit more efficient. Because of this, it can be easy to fall into the trap of being too programatic, too calculation-heavy in your unit tests. But, this isn’t a test then - its just another block of quite fallible code. Let’s talk about why and show what to do instead.

Finding Slow Tests in PHPUnit 9

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

When your unit test suite gets larger, it can take quite a long time. One of the many ways to speed this up is to hunt down and fix slow tests. Let’s use PHPUnit’s test listeners to do just that.

PHPUnit Code Coverage Can Help While Writing Tests

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

It’s great to run code coverage at the very end before you push your changes. This gives you some idea what’s tested and what’s not. But you don’t have to wait till the end; code coverage can help you all throughout writing your test suite, too.

Stop Using Assert Database Has in Laravel

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Please stop using assertDatabaseHas in Laravel. There are many reasons why this is bad, and there are better options available. Let’s find out why.

Test Coverage is Not as Good of a Metric as You Think

Sun, 09 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

There are a lot of debates about trying to achieve test coverage of 100%. Some people swear you need to do this. Others say, get 80% or more… the rest doesn’t matter. Each side has strong arguments.

Two Gotchas in Laravel Unit Testing

Mon, 20 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

There’s a struggle to balance the easy-to-use Laravel helpers and functions with very verbose, complicated methods in unit tests. As I’ve been relying on Laravel’s way of doing testing more, I’ve ran into a couple of gotchas that I should share.

PHPUnit Runs Data Provider Before Setup

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I started noticing a disturbing trend on one of my projects: developers were doing too much logic in the setup and data provider methods of their PHPUnit tests. However, before we could address this, a “limitation” popped up which helped them kick this habit.

PHPUnit Listener for Long Running Tests Update

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

I wrote instructions in 2011 to add a PHPUnit Listener to Watch for Long Running Tests which seem to be a bit out of date now. But, here’s a quick refresher:

Run A Single PHPUnit Test Only

Wed, 11 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Often times, I find myself targeting a single file with PHPUnit by specifying the file after the binary in the command line: