Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 10:00:00 +0000
<p>Topics include:</p><ul> <li>Recommended testing tools</li> <li>PHPUnit vs. phpspec</li> <li>Mockery vs. Prophecy</li> <li>The benefits of defensive programming</li> <li>How to convince your manager to let you write tests</li> </ul><p>This episode is brought to you by <a href="https://laracasts.com">Laracasts</a>.</p><p><br />Links:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://leanpub.com/minimumviabletests">Minimum Viable Tests</a>, Chris' new book</li> <li> <a href="https://grumpy-learning.com/">Grumpy Learning</a>, Chris' personal website</li> <li> <a href="https://phpunit.de/">PHPUnit</a> testing framework</li> <li> <a href="http://phpspec.readthedocs.org/en/latest/">phpspec</a> testing framework</li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/padraic/mockery">Mockery</a> test double library</li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/phpspec/prophecy">Prophecy</a> test double library</li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/antecedent/patchwork">Patchwork</a> monkey patching library</li> <li> <a href="http://devhell.info/">Development Hell</a>, Chris and Ed Finkler's podcast</li> <li>Sponsored by <a href="https://laracasts.com">Laracasts</a> </li> </ul>
