Getting started with PHPUnit

Introduction to unit test

• What are unit tests?
• Pros and cons
• The FIRST rule

Introduction to PHP Unit

• Introduction to PHP Unit
• Open Source PHP projects use PHP Unit
• IDEs integration
• PHPUnit installation from PEAR
• Lab: Install PHPUnit with PEAR

Write your first assertions

• Discover the PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase API
• Introduction to the Command Line Interface
• Write a first tests suite
• Run the test suite from the command line tool
• Lab: Write and run a PHPUnit tests suite from the command line

Init and reset a test

• Setup a tests suite with the setup() method
• Reset a testing environment with the tearDown() method
• Introduction to fixtures
• Lab: setup and reset a tests suite with setup() and tearDown() methods

Testing exceptions

• Write unit tests for methods, which can handle exceptions
• Testing exception with the setExpectedException() assertion method
• Testing exception by using the @expectedException annotation
• Testing exception thanks to a try { } catch code block
• Lab: implement unit tests for a method that can throw an exception

Test Driven Development

• Understanding the test driven development (TDD) methodology
• Main advantages of the TDD approach
• Implement code thanks to a test driven development approach
• Lab: fix and document a bug thanks to a TDD approach

Data providers and fixtures

• Understanding the data providers and fixtures concepts
• Create a new data provider method to run a test with several values
• Lab: implement a data provider method to test a method's edge cases

Advanced assertions

• Discover some PHPUnit's advanced assertion methods
• Assertions to test a class and its attributes
• Assertions to test Boolean values
• Assertions to test string values
• Assertions to test XML values