Quality Assurance in PHP Projects

Quality Assurance in PHP ProjectsSebastian BergmannCodeWorks 2009 Sebastian BergmannCo-Founder and Principal Consultant with thePHP.ccCreator of PHPUnitInvolved in the PHP project since 2000When things go wrong in software projects,the team has to work overtime and cancel vacations.More often than not,deadlines and quality goals are missed nevertheless.You will ask yourself:”Why did I not test this?”Testing Web ApplicationsEnd­to­End TestingStatic Analysis of HTML does not workInstead: Test web applications in the browserEnd­to­End TestingManual TestingNot automated, slow and expensiveComplete application must be ready before it can be testedTests need to be repeated when the application changesEnd­to­End TestingAutomated TestingTest results areautomatically evaluated anddo not have to be interpreted by a human tester Tests are repeatablewith deterministic resultswithout additional costsEnd­to­End TestingSeleniumSeleniumTest web applications in a web browser Selenium IDEExtension for FirefoxRecord, execute, edit, debug tests in the browserS h o wM eAD e m o !