Testing Skill

If martial artists use kata as a method for exercise and practice, what might be the equivalent for coders, like us? Well, code katas are short, repeatable programming challenges, which are meant to exercise everything from your focus, to your workflow.

Given the number of testing tools and resources available to PHP developers, it's no wonder why so many developers feel overwhelmed. In this series, we'll learn the ins and outs of PHPUnit testing, while working within your familiar Laravel application structure.

There's no two ways about it: terminology in the testing world is incredibly overwhelming. Let's fix that! Bit by bit, we'll break all of these confusing concepts down as best as we can.

The reality is that, sometimes, you don't require a big testing framework to help orchestrate conversations with the business, design your objects, and more. Sometimes, you just want to ensure that the dang thing works like you expect, with as little configuration as possible! In these situations, t...

Want to join me, as I implement a new feature for Laracasts from scratch? Yes? Great! What exactly will we be tackling? Well, I'd like to offer visitors, who don't desire a subscription, the option of buying single videos on a one-off basis. We'll use Behat to help with this.

How in the world are we supposed to unit test Vue components? Is it even possible? Why, yes. Yes it is! I'll show you the full process, step by step. Not only will you learn the necessary tooling, but we'll also review the ins and outs of testing your client-side code. Have you ever wanted to use T...