Master Tester Series

Testing exercises and validates your code to ensure each piece works exactly as you intended. Testing gives you a mechanism to validate each expected behavior for a known set of conditions. You using testing strategies to prove that your code is reliable, robust, and repeatable. In this series, you will dive deep into making your themes and plugins well-tested.

The Series Hands-on Labs

Let’s get you started on your journey to master testing. This page provides you with a guided roadmap. Progress through the labs in order.

More labs are coming in this series….

21 Episodes
04:26:49 Runtime

Unit & Integration Testing Basics

Testing is a critical component of your workflow, as it validates each piece of your code to ensure it works exactly as you intended. As a professional developer, testing is a skill that will set you a part and give you a competitive advantage in the marketplace. In this hands-on lab, you will be building unit and integration tests as you learn the basics of PHP testing.

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17 Episodes
03:21:08 Runtime

Unit Testing with Brain Monkey

How can you unit test your plugin or theme without WordPress or other dependencies? You simulate the dependencies. My favorite tool to redefine and mock functions is Brain Monkey. In this hands-on testing lab, you will write unit tests using Brain Monkey.

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Testing Hooks with Brain Monkey

Our themes and plugins use hooks to run code when an event fires. We use WordPress' functions to add or remove a hooked callback, fire the event, or check the status. How do you unit test those interactions without loading WordPress? Meet Brain Monkey. Brain Monkey gives you the power to unit test hooks by simulating WordPress. In this lab, you'll walk through building unit tests for hooks.

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