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developerWorks: Check Your PHP code at Every Level with Unit Tests

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 21, 2006

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“It’s 3 a.m. Do you know if your code is still working?

“Web applications run 24×7, and wondering whether my application
is still running has kept me up at night. Unit testing has helped
me gain significant confidence in my code–and get a good night’s
sleep.

“Unit tests are a framework for writing tests on code and
running those tests automatically. Test-driven development is a
unit test methodology that says that you first write the test and
verify that tests find the errors, then write the code required for
the tests to pass…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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