phpspec: Testing... *Designing* with a Bite

phpspec: a tool for unit testing? Sure... but, oof, it's so much cooler than that!

Yes, just like with our phpunit tutorial, when we finally launch our dinosaur park... during a hurricane... on a Friday night, we do not want all the dinosaurs to escape. But, phpspec goes one step beyond "just writing tests": it helps you think about the design of your classes first through "specifications" and "examples". And as a side-effect, yes! You get tests, code generation and, with a little bit of work, a nyan cat to tell us if our tests pass:

• Getting phpspec set up
• What's a specification?
• Writing examples
• Generating code from our specifications! Nice!
• Understanding matchers and writing out own for custom "assertions"
• How does phpspec fit into TDD, BDD, PHPUnit & Behat?
• Demystifying the ObjectBehavior class
• The red, green, refactor cycle
• Testing exceptions
• Prophecy & test doubles! Dummies, stubs, spies & mocks
• The let() method for set up

Let's finally design a dinosaur park that will scale with every sequel!