PHP: Test-Driven Development with PHPUnit

Develop better software with fewer bugs with test-driven development and PHPUnit. Learn how to write unit tests in PHP using this popular tool and methodology.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• How to use the exercise files

1. The Basics of Test-Driven Development

• What is unit testing?
• Why use unit testing?
• Automated vs. manual testing
• Install PHPUnit
• Write a unit test
• Extend a unit test
• Write a test-driven development method
• Filter PHPUnit tests

2. Advanced Test-Driven Development

• Test doubles overview
• Build a dummy object
• Build a test stub
• Test mock
• Data providers
• Advanced data providers
• Write an exception-based test

3. Test-Driven Development Tactics

• The test-driven development cycle
• Advantages of TDD
• Refactor with TDD
• Decouple code with TDD

4. PHPUnit Advanced Tactics

• Code coverage basics
• Advanced code coverage
• Database tests

Conclusion

• Next steps