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Learning Yii Testing

Learning Yii Testing

By : Pescarin
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Learning Yii Testing

Learning Yii Testing

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By: Pescarin
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Overview of this book

Developers who have a solid pre-existing knowledge of Yii's core concepts will find this book an ideal introduction to learning to write tests using Yii 2's tools. You'll learn to create faster and more reliable applications with less time and effort.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. The Testing Mindset
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1. The Testing Mindset
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Understanding the importance of testing
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Involving project management
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Obtaining the testing mindset
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Summary
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2. Tooling up for Testing
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2. Tooling up for Testing
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Downloading and installing Yii 2
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Environment and workflow
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Introducing Composer
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Finding your way around Yii 2
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Structure of the default web application
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Defining our working strategy
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Introducing testing for our purposes
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3. Entering Codeception
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3. Entering Codeception
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Getting started with Codeception
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Installing Codeception in Yii 2
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Interacting with Codeception
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4. Isolated Component Testing with PHPUnit
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4. Isolated Component Testing with PHPUnit
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Understanding the work to be done
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Using the User model
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Implementing the first unit test
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Component testing of the model
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Implementing the ActiveRecord class and its methods
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Seeing tests pass
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5. Summoning the Test Doubles
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5. Summoning the Test Doubles
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Dealing with external dependencies
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Isolating components with stubs
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Listening for calls with an observer
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Writing maintainable unit tests
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6. Testing the API – PHPBrowser to the Rescue
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6. Testing the API – PHPBrowser to the Rescue
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Functional tests in Yii 2
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Functional tests for REST interfaces
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Creating a RESTful web service with Yii 2
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7. Having Fun Doing Browser Testing
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7. Having Fun Doing Browser Testing
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Introducing Selenium WebDriver
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Creating acceptance tests
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8. Analyzing Testing Information
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8. Analyzing Testing Information
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Improving the quality of your tests
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Improving our code with the aid of additional tools
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9. Eliminating Stress with the Help of Automation
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9. Eliminating Stress with the Help of Automation
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Automating the build process
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Creating the required build files
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Configuring the Jenkins build
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Going forward
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Index
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Index

Functional tests for REST interfaces

Up until now, you have seen what's already been implemented, what is possible to do out of the box, and some additional functionalities like the fixtures.

Now let's have a look at what testing a REST interface entails; the default functional tests available in Codeception are executed by PHPBrowser, and the interface exposed to interact with it is quite limited and can only be used to deal and interact with the markup output by the web server. The REST module provided by Codeception is something we would love.

Just to cite a few of the features available, you'll have functions to set and read headers, such as seeHttpHeader() and haveHttpHeader(), and specific methods to call HTTP requests towards our interface, such as sendGET(), sendPUT(), and sendOPTIONS().

Specifically for our interface of the user, our tests will be split into two parts:

  • Tests on the actual functionality—authentication and interaction with the application

  • Some additional tests to ensure...

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