TDD of a Simple App in PHP
TEST DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT in PHP
In this tutorial, I will present an end-to-end example of a simple application - made strictly with TDD in PHP. I will walk you through each step, one at a time, while explaining the decisions I made in order to get the task done. The example closely follows the rules of TDD: write tests, write code, refactor. Step 1 - Introduction to TDD & PHPUnit
Test Driven Development (TDD)
TDD is a "test-first" technique to develop and design software. It is almost always used in agile teams, being one of the core tools of agile software development. TDD was first defined and introduced to the professional community by Kent Beck in 2002. Since then, it has become an accepted - and recommended - technique in everyday programming.
TDD has three core rules: You are not allowed to write any production code, if there is not a failing test to warrant it.You are not allowed to write more of a unit test than is strictly necessary to make it fail. Not compiling …