Posts tagged with 'testing' - Freek Van der Herten's blog on Laravel, PHP and AI

Posts tagged with testing

Ray as a debugging companion in busy integration tests

Oct 12th 2023 – myray.app - submitted by Spatie

How to use Ray as a debugging companion in busy integration tests

Workbench App for Packages

Sep 13th 2023 – world.hey.com - submitted by Tony Messias

A new package by Mior called Workbench lets us set up an example Laravel app inside our packages. This Workbench app can serve as documentation of how the package integrates with a Larave app. Plus, we can use the Workbench models, controllers, routes, etc., in our package's tests and quickly run the Workbench app in the browser!

Testing mails in Laravel using Ray

Jun 23rd 2023 – myray.app

In this post, you'll learn how Ray can help you preview emails in your local environment and how it can simplify the process of developing and testing email workflows in Laravel.

Automatically clear Ray when running tests via PHPUnit or Pest original

Apr 27th 2023 – myray.app

Learn how to automatically clear Ray's screen when running a test

Skipping tests conditionally in Pest original

Apr 3rd 2023 by Freek Van der Herten – 7 minute read

In this blog post, I'd like to show the easiest way to skip tests conditionally in tests. Using the simple technique, which can be used for other things besides skipping tests, you can make your tests much more flexible.

Avoiding one-liners in PHP

Mar 30th 2023 – localheinz.com

Focus on writing code that solves real problems, is well-tested, and is easy to maintain.

Pest v2: see all new amazing features in action original

Mar 10th 2023 by Freek Van der Herten – 3 minute read

The release of Pest v2 is right around the corner. Pest creator Nuno Maduro and the rest of the Pest team are currently working hard improving the docs ahead of the Pest v2 release somewhere later this month.

In this blog post, I'd like to share the free videos I've created for each of the amazing features.

Extending PHPUnit with its new event system

Feb 21st 2023 – localheinz.com

A good intro on how to customize PHPUnit

How to test Laravel's invokable rules original

Jan 15th 2023 by Freek Van der Herten – 3 minute read

Laravel 9 introduced a new way to create custom validation rules: invokable rules. It allows you to write a custom validation rule with only one method: __invoke.

Make changes to the database during a Livewire Pest chain

Nov 10th 2022 – stefrouschop.nl

A nice use case for tap

What are contract tests?

Oct 20th 2022 – www.kai-sassnowski.com

Here's how you can make sure that all implementations of an interface behave correctly

Testing Randomness of PHP Random Number Functions

Sep 5th 2022 – php.watch

Let's take a look at the different ways to generate a random number in PHP.

Stop mocking about: Event Dispatcher

Aug 17th 2022 – doeken.org - submitted by Doeke Norg

It's time to replace your mocked event dispatchers with a real one.

Catching Up Laravel

Aug 16th 2022 – tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta

If you're running a Laravel application in the 5's, have a legacy application bootstrapped inside Laravel, don't have any tests, or are staring in silent terror at just how long ago your production server's PHP version hit its end-of-life, this post is for you!

Use Laravel's HTTP Client with Facebook's Business SDK

May 31st 2022 – stefanzweifel.io - submitted by Stefan Zweifel

Ever needed to work with an SDK and wished you could use Http::fake() in your Laravel tests? This blog post explains how you can achieve this for the Facebook Business SDK using the Adapter pattern.

Using Request Factories for Gorgeous Feature Tests

May 25th 2022 – downing.tech

A cool new package made by Luke Downing

Testing API responses in pestPHP

May 11th 2022 – www.juststeveking.uk - submitted by Steve McDougall

I get asked about API response testing a lot, how should you do it, and where to start. I have a general rule when it comes to testing APIs, and that rule is: "test your code, and your code only". What do I mean by this? Let me explain:

From PHPUnit To Pest original

Apr 25th 2022 by Freek Van der Herten – 1 minute read

A couple of months I go I had the honour giving a talk at the GPUG usergroup on how to convert a PHPUnit testsuite to Pest.

Nowadays, I use Pest as the default testrunner for every package / project that I start.

Measuring performance with Apache Benchmark

Mar 16th 2022 – barryvanveen.nl - submitted by Barry van Veen

I made a script to easily take consistent measurements using Apache Benchmark. It includes an easy way to compare multiple measurements in a visual way.

Testing the homepage of a Laravel app using Pest

Mar 7th 2022 – spatie.be

Getting started with testing is not that hard. Here's a free video taken from the Testing Laravel course that will show you how you can make sure you homepage works.