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PHP Master
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PHP Master

by Davey Shafik, Lorna Mitchell, Matthew Turland
October 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
400 pages
9h 23m
English
SitePoint
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Chapter 7 Automated Testing

Few useful web applications have a trivial design; most have a set of “moving parts” that are integrated to form the end product. As the functionality and features of a product change, so does its definition of intended or correct behavior. The purpose of automated testing is to assure that an application’s intended behavior and its actual behavior are consistent over its lifetime.

There are several types of testing, each targeting a specific aspect of an application. This chapter will introduce you to each type of test, as well as the software and processes needed to implement them in your own projects.

Unit Testing

The first step in testing an application is to ensure that its individual components ...

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