Testing and PHP
Was talking to folks from a local agency (which shall remain nameless, but has initials) the other day, and the conversation came to development practices. I asked what kind of automated testing they were doing, and was met by a series of blank stares; their testing procedure amounted to “load it up in a browser and see what it looks like.”
At this point I probably had trouble keeping the incredulity off my own face. Now, I’ll admit I came to the automated testing party late, and pretty much only because Rails makes it so easy to get started in it. But, having finally made it to the party, I went off in search of automated PHP testing tools. I found PHPUnit, and dove right in.
And I gained a little sympathy for PHP testers. (more…)