Using Ray with your Pest tests
– myray.app - submitted by Spatie
Read more [myray.app]
Fake it till you make it: testing transactional emails with Mailcoach in Laravel
– www.mailcoach.app - submitted by Spatie
Read more [www.mailcoach.app]
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A Guide to Laravel Pipelines
– ashallendesign.co.uk - submitted by Ash Allen
Learn how to use the Pipeline class in Laravel to break complex workflows into smaller, isolated, focused processes. We'll then look at how to test our Laravel pipelines.
Read more [ashallendesign.co.uk]
Testing Saloon API Integrations in Laravel
– ashallendesign.co.uk - submitted by Ash Allen
Learn how to fake and record HTTP responses so you can test your Saloon API integration in your Laravel applications.
Read more [ashallendesign.co.uk]
How to test all routes in your Laravel app by writing just a single Pest test original
We’ve released a new package called spatie/pest-plugin-route-testing. This package can test all common routes in your Laravel app by writing a single test.
In this blog post, I’d like to tell you all about it.
Handling email testing in Laravel with Ray
– myray.app - submitted by Spatie
Learn how to use Ray to test emails in Laravel!
Read more [myray.app]
Architecture Testing in Laravel with Pest
– ashallendesign.co.uk - submitted by Ash Allen
Read about how to use Pest to add architecture tests for your PHP application and enforce standards such as folder structures, naming conventions, and more.
Read more [ashallendesign.co.uk]
Husky: How to automatically format, lint and test before you commit or push
– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta
Let's talk about Husky, a tool that automatically runs any number of commands whenever you commit or push. You'll never have to worry about forgetting to format, lint, or test before uploading code to the repo — Husky does it for you every time you run git commit or git push
Read more [tighten.com]
Sniffing out stray ray() calls with Pest architecture testing
– myray.app - submitted by Spatie
Whether you're building a shiny new feature or refactoring a bug deep in a legacy codebase, before you merge your work to production you want to get rid of all those ray() calls you littered the codebase with.
Read more [myray.app]
Automatically Hash Laravel Model Values Using the "Hashed" Cast
– ashallendesign.co.uk - submitted by Ash Allen
Learn how to automatically hash sensitive data (such as passwords) using the "hashed" model cast in Laravel. This article also covers how to test your field is being hashed correctly.
Read more [ashallendesign.co.uk]
Pest comes with Ray integration out of the box
– myray.app - submitted by Spatie
Discover how Pest offers a Ray integration out of the box!
Read more [myray.app]
Introducing tabular assertions
My colleague Seb made a cool package to write complex expectations in a readable way.
Read more [sebastiandedeyne.com]
New major versions for spatie/image and Laravel Media Library have been released original
We’ve released a new major version of spatie/image, v3. This package makes it very easy to manipulate images using PHP.
At the same time, we’ve also released a new major version of spatie/laravel-medialibrary. This is a powerhouse package that can associate all kinds of files with Eloquent models. The latest version of this package now uses spatie/image v3 under the hood for manipulating images.
In this blog post, I’ll explain why we made new major versions and how they can be used.
Stressless: Stress Testing for PHP
– pestphp.com - submitted by Nuno Maduro
The PEST team just announced the release of a brand new plugin for Pest PHP: Stressless.
Read more [pestphp.com]
Testing Abstract Classes in PHP using Anonymous Classes
– www.otsch.codes - submitted by Christian Olear
Abstract classes cannot be instantiated directly, posing a challenge when testing functionality implemented within the abstract class itself. In this article, I share my approach to addressing this issue.
Read more [www.otsch.codes]
Juggling Databases When Testing With Laravel: Tackling the Lock Wait Timeout Error
– www.conroyp.com - submitted by Paul Conroy
Writing tests to validate behaviour in a multi-tenancy, multi-database app can be challenging. "Lock wait timeout" errors, or transactions cleaned up in one db and not another - it can be very frustrating! Fortunately, Laravel has a way to support db transactions across multiple databases.
Read more [www.conroyp.com]
Ensure model events are fired in your tests when using Model Observers
– devonmather.dev - submitted by Devon Mather
We will look at a couple of common scenarios where adding a couple of lines to your tests can future-proof your application from data loss when using Model Observers.
Read more [devonmather.dev]
Mailcoach gains split testing, Livewire 3 support, suppression list, and much more
Today, we're adding some very powerful features to both the hosted and self-hosted versions of Mailcoach: split testing (also known as A/B testing), MJML support, Livewire 3 support, suppression lists, new datables, and much more!
Read more [mailcoach.app]
Single-use tests
Another gem of a blog post by Tim MacDonald
Read more [timacdonald.me]
Ray as a debugging companion in busy integration tests
– myray.app - submitted by Spatie
How to use Ray as a debugging companion in busy integration tests
Read more [myray.app]
