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Instant Hands-on Testing with PHPUnit How-to
Instant Hands-on Testing with PHPUnit How-to

Instant Hands-on Testing with PHPUnit How-to: A practical guide to getting started with PHPUnit to improve code quality

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  • Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results
  • Discover how to make best use of PHPUnit in your projects
  • Get started with code testing using PHPUnit in no time
  • Learn how to use PHPUnit like a seasoned veteran

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No developer wants to accept the inherent difficulty of writing software as an excuse for not finding the bugs in our code before anyone else does. PHPUnit is a framework that was created to allow developers to solve that very problem. It provides a feature-rich environment with most of the tools necessary to provide adequate tests for any project. "Instant Hands-on Testing with PHPUnit How-to" provides a thorough overview of the functionality provided by the PHPUnit framework. It shows how the plethora of features in the framework can be used to write tests for real world projects to ensure they function and will continue to function in the ways that you expect. This book will show how you can set up the scaffolding necessary to run unit tests in your project with PHPUnit. It will walk you through the process of how to write a basic test and how to maintain your project's test suite. You will learn how to use some of the more advanced features of PHPUnit and then see how you can use mock objects to isolate the code you are testing. We will then discover how to create tests that verify your interaction with databases and even see how you can use PHPUnit to understand which code you are actually testing. At the end of the book you will have all of the basic understanding necessary to begin adding tests to your project. This book provides a great foundation for becoming a expert at writing unit tests.

Who is this book for?

"Instant Hands-on Testing with PHPUnit How-to" is for PHP developers that have an appreciation for writing accurate code. If you are new to PHPUnit, it will give you a solid foundation for understanding how to use PHPUnit to write tests for your projects. If you already have a cursory understanding of PHPUnit it will whet your appetite for some of the more difficult-to-understand concepts in PHPUnit.

What you will learn

  • Bootstrap PHPUnit into your project in a standard way
  • Understand the anatomy of a PHPUnit test
  • Create data providers to quickly create tests against multiple datasets
  • Use PHPUnit s skeleton generator to generate code from tests or tests from code
  • Declare test dependencies to help isolate test failures
  • Test abstract classes, traits, and protected methods
  • Test database interactions in your unit tests

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maxbrero Dec 28, 2014
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Exzellent. Knapp und ziemlich auf den Punkt. Ein bisschen PHP Erfahrung sollte man mitbringen. Man kann sich in kurzer Zeit in die wichtigsten Aspekte einarbeiten und dann mit der PHPUnit Dokumentation auch gleich irgendwelche ollen Legacy Projekte testen.
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L. Gohr Apr 12, 2014
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Dieses Buch vermittelt kurz und knapp die wichtigen Eigenschaften von Unit-Tests, geschrieben mit PHPUnit.Für den fortgeschrittenen PHP-Entwickler ein guter Einstieg in die testgetriebene Entwicklung - Englischkenntnisse sind natürlich Voraussetzung!Die Inhalte sind sehr übersichtlich strukturiert und in klare Abschnitte unterteilt:- "Getting ready...": Kurze Einführung bzw. Vorbereitung auf die Thematik.- "How to do it...": Hier sind in der Regel Code-Beispiele aufgelistet.- "How it works...": Erklärung des Codes bzw. was überhaupt bei dem Beispiel passiert.- "There's more...": Weiterführende Hinweise und ggf. Internet-Links für mehr Informationen.Der Preis scheint etwas hoch, allerdings bekommt man bei diesem Buch eine hilfreiche "PHPUnit-Referenz" für den Einstieg, oder zum Nachschlagen, ohne die übliche, für den fortgeschrittenen Programmierer lästige, Vermittlung der Programmier-Grundlagen.Daher ist der Preis meiner Meinung nach vertretbar.Ausführlichere Rezensionen zum Inhalt finden Sie übrigens auf amazon.com
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Pavel Jul 28, 2015
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Exactly what it says - "instant". You can definitely google your way through the first steps but this has everything you need to get started in one place. I highly recommend it.
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dbaltas Jun 13, 2013
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PHPUnit is a testing framework that is supported, integrated and suggested by the majority ofPHP frameworks.Test Driven Development (TDD), and Continuous Integration are here to stayand PHPUnit is an industry standard that caters for both.The book `Hands­on Testing with PHPUnit How­to' offers a quick but thorough step by step guideover the core concepts of PHPUnit. In a `learn by example' approach the programmer getsacquainted with the TDD process without feeling overwhelmed with pompous definitions.Special credit for the mocks section where the admittedly hard terminology becomes clear. Bestpractices are demonstrated and popular misconceptions are pointed out.I strongly recommend PHPUnit and this book to anyone with problem solving capabilities in PHPwho wants to work in a team and be proud of the code he/she writes. After all, we write code forother people to read.
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Thomas Hunter II Jul 23, 2013
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Overall, this is a pretty good book, and covers all of the topics one would expect from a Unit Testing book. Such topics include getting PHPUnit installed via PEAR, writing and running some basic tests, doing some configuration of PHPUnit, how to incorporate PHPUnit into your project, how to generate PHPUnit tests semi-automatically using an existing codebase, fixtures and providers and mock objects, how to setup test dependencies, testing abstract classes and traits, how to expect good exceptions and errors, using output buffering for the purpose of testing CLI scripts, how one tests private and protected members, testing database connections, and making sense of the automatically generated code coverage HTML.The book flows from subject to subject smoothly, with each new topic building on the knowledge of previous topics, without ever introducing the reader to an overly-complex topic. The reader is guided along with concise code examples and explanations of why everything is happening. The author also covers alternative libraries for making Unit Testing easier whenever possible, most notably when covering different mocking frameworks such as Mockery or the authors very-own Phake. Another appreciated set of alternatives include using SQLite for keeping track of data and how the same thing can be done with XML or YAML.One thing I did wish the book covered more is the why behind Unit Testing, and how to get the reader into the Test Driven Development (TDD) mindset, however this is undoubtedly outside of the scope of a book in the Packt Instant series. Personally, I find myself lacking in the Unit Testing department. The last two large PHP projects I've worked on both had PHPUnit integrated into the codebase and I always find myself writing my Unit Tests at the last minute, well after the code had been finalized.Several sections of the book did open my eyes to the true potential of PHPUnit, most notably the ability to automatically create unit test skeletons based on existing codebases. This will make for a great way to introduce Unit Testing to existing projects which otherwise lack testing. I was also surprised to see that PHPUnit had a solution for testing Traits, a new feature of PHP 5.4. I did find it interesting that there are standardized methods for testing database connectivity; I had always been under the impression that doing so was taboo.If you are new to the concept of Unit Testing, and would like to apply it to PHP in particular, I highly recommend picking up a copy of Hands-on Testing with PHPUnit How-to by Michael Lively. It's a small book, quickly digested, and will make a nice desk-side companion (heck, I've already got friends who want to borrow my copy). While the code is thoroughly explained, the content is terse enough to serve as a reference.
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