laravel4cookbook

Controller Testing 351
1 composer require --dev "phpunit/phpunit:4.0.*"
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3 ./composer.json has been updated
4 Loading composer repositories with package information
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7 composer require --dev "mockery/mockery:0.9.*"
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9 ./composer.json has been updated
10 Loading composer repositories with package information
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We’ll get into the specifics of each later, but this should at least install them and add them to the
require-dev section of your composer.json file.
Unit vs. Functional vs. Acceptance
There are many kinds of tests. There are three which we are going to look at:
1. Unit
2. Functional
3. Acceptance
Unit Tests
Unit tests are tests which cover individual functions or methods. They are meant to run the functions
or methods in complete isolation, with no dependencies or side-effects.
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You can find a boring description at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_testing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_testing
Functional Tests
Functional tests are tests which concentrate on the input given to some function or method, and the
output returned. They don’t care about isolation or state.