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How to write good tests?by Alexis von Glasow
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Table of contents
● Why write tests?● What should we test?● With what and how?
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Why write tests
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● Why write tests?● What should we test?● With what and how?
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LOOSE TIME
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NO BUGS
TESTS
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What should we test
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ISOLATED!!!
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Black boxOn ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.
On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.
On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.
On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.On ne se préoccupe que des entrée sorties.
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White box
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Unit Tests keep code consistency!
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With what and how
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Php Tools
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Assert
public function testFailure()
{
$this->assertEquals($expected, $value, ‘message’);
$this->assertFalse(FALSE);
$this->assertTrue(TRUE);
$this->assertNull(NULL);
//…
}
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Data Provider /**
* @dataProvider additionProvider
*/
public function testAdd($a, $b, $expected)
{
$this->assertEquals($expected, $a + $b);
}
public function additionProvider() {
return array(
array(0, 0, 0), //success
array(0, 1, 1), //success
array(1, 0, 1), //success
array(1, 1, 3) //fail
);
}
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Generators
● https://github.com/fzaninotto/Faker● https://github.com/nelmio/alice● http://hoa-project.net/En/Literature/Hack/Compiler.html● …
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Faker// use the factory to create a Faker\Generator instance
$faker = Faker\Factory::create();
// generate data by accessing properties
echo $faker->name;
// 'Lucy Cechtelar';
echo $faker->address;
// "426 Jordy Lodge
// Cartwrightshire, SC 88120-6700"
echo $faker->text;
// Sint velit eveniet. Rerum atque repellat voluptatem quia rerum. Numquam excepturi
// beatae sint laudantium consequatur. Magni occaecati itaque sint et sit tempore. Nesciunt
// amet quidem. Iusto deleniti cum autem ad quia aperiam.
// A consectetur quos aliquam. In iste aliquid et aut similique suscipit. Consequatur qui
// quaerat iste minus hic expedita. Consequuntur error magni et laboriosam. Aut aspernatur
// voluptatem sit aliquam. Dolores voluptatum est.
// Aut molestias et maxime. Fugit autem facilis quos vero. Eius quibusdam possimus est.
// Ea quaerat et quisquam. Deleniti sunt quam. Adipisci consequatur id in occaecati.
// Et sint et. Ut ducimus quod nemo ab voluptatum.
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AliceNelmio\Entity\User:
user0:
username: bob
fullname: Bob
birthDate: 1980-10-10
email: bob@example.org
favoriteNumber: 42
user1:
username: alice
fullname: Alice
birthDate: 1978-07-12
email: alice@example.org
favoriteNumber: 27
Nelmio\Entity\Group:
group1:
name: Admins
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Grammar PP%skip space \s// Scalars.%token true true%token false false%token null null// Strings.%token quote_ " -> string%token string:string [^"]+%token string:_quote " -> default// Objects.%token brace_ {%token _brace }// Arrays.%token bracket_ \[%token _bracket \]// Rest.%token colon :%token comma ,%token number \d+
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Grammar PPvalue: <true> | <false> | <null> | string() | object() | array() | number()
string: ::quote_:: <string> ::_quote::
number: <number>
#object: ::brace_:: pair() ( ::comma:: pair() )* ::_brace::
#pair: string() ::colon:: value()
#array: ::bracket_:: value() ( ::comma:: value() )* ::_bracket::
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CLASS A
CLASS C
CLASS B
Mock Me If you can
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CLASS A
CLASS C
MOCK B
CLASS A
MOCK C
CLASS B
Mock Me If you can
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Mock Me If you can
class A {public function doSomething(B $b, C $c){
try {$d = $b->doOther($c);$d->doSomething();
} catch (Exception $e) {return false;
}
return $d;}
}
class B {public function doOther(C $c){
if ($c->isTrue()) {throw new Exception(‘Oups!’);
}
return new D;}
}
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Mock Me If you canpublic function test(){
$a = new A();$b = new B();
$mockC = $this->getMock(‘C’, array(‘isTrue’));
$mockC->expects($this->any())->method(‘isTrue’)->will($this->returnValue(false));
$a->doSomething($b, $mockC);}
public function testRaiseException(){
$a = new A();$b = new B();
$mockC = $this->getMock(‘C’, array(‘isTrue’));
$mockC->expects($this->any())->method(‘isTrue’)->will($this->returnValue(true));
$a->doSomething($b, $mockC);}
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Whenever you are tempted to type something into a print statement or a debugger expression, write it as a test instead.
-- Martin Fowler
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Bug! What to do?
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Test Driven Development
TDD
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Summary
● A good test is an existing test● Test with provider, mock, generators!● Use all asserters available● Test sooner is better, easier!
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To go further
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Sources
● https://github.com/atoum/atoum● https://phpunit.de/● http://www.simpletest.org/● http://martinfowler.com/● http://thenounproject.com/
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