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Drupal Podcast No. 59: SimpleTest
Listen online:
- LullabotPodcastNo59.mp3
Angie Byron, Addi Berry, James Walker and Jeff Robbins discuss testing using SimpleTest in Drupal.
Links:
RCS jQuery lowdown
New Drupalcon Szeged logo
Simpletest PHP project: http://simpletest.org
Simpletest Drupal module: http://drupal.org/project/simpletest
Unit testing group: http://groups.drupal.org/unit-testing
New, in-progress Simpletest documentation: http://groups.drupal.org/node/11020
Automated issue queue testing site: http://testing.drupal.org
Comments
Drupal Camp Toronto 2008
Just saw a presentation on this at Drupal Camp Toronto 2008. I'm really interesting in getting started on how to unit test in Drupal.
Thanks for the content :)
Enough with the mindless
Enough with the mindless banter...
Once you actually get down to the subject matter, these podcasts tend to be pretty great, but the banter is getting a little old, especially in this episode.
Jeff, when you asked "Is anybody still listening?" the answer is "Yes... but very impatiently..."
I disagree. One can always
I disagree. One can always skip ahead five minutes if one finds it necessary or useful to do so. Keep up the great work, Lullateam!
Perhaps what I'm weary of is
Perhaps what I'm weary of is not the "banter", which is easy enough to skip and which does round out certain topics... rather, I'm weary of the near constant sound of Jeff laughing at absolutely nothing. I really want to listen to every one of these podcasts, but I'm starting to dread them because they actually give me a headache.
- OP
not mindless banter
I also disagree. The so called "mindless banter" is usually full of interesting side details about Drupal and it's community.
I like the digressions as they provide a more rounded view of Drupal.
Broken Link
Quick tip: the jQuery Lowdown link is a little bit broken (can a link be just a little bit broken?) It has a linebreak tag in the href.
Fixed
Sorry bout that. Thanks for the heads-up.
Node Monkey!
Woot! Node Monkey made the podcast! It's a Meme!
I'm still expecting great things from Eaton's module...
:)
Thanks for the show notes!
I liked the podcast, and really appreciated the links and notes!!
Older article also helpful
http://www.lullabot.com/articles/introduction-unit-testing
After listening to the podcast I felt I'd like to know more about (a) how to run a test and (b) what is the output of testing. The above article covered that nicely.
Thanks, gang!
-- Graham
No javascript love!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's a gaping hole in simpletest in that you can't test modules that use javascript. I started down the path writing tests for the External Link Popularity module, only to find myself stranded by the lack of JS coverage.