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Are you testing me?
Episode 9

Are you testing me?

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November 17, 202018m 16s

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Show Notes

Aaron and Joel talk about why they write tests and what sorts of tests they find valuable.

  • 00:00 Why do we write tests?
  • 03:05 Implied trust in packages
  • 04:15 What do you test? How do you write them?
  • 06:30 Testing the happy path
  • 07:05 Testing the "unhappy" paths
  • 08:12 It's less work than you think
  • 11:30 Testing a dumb mistake with range validators
  • 14:40 Silly bit

Topics

testinglaravel