Writing tests for PHP source by Sammy Powers

Notes from the Organizer: After a brief hiatus, Laravel Chicago is back in April! We are excited to have Sammy come and speak to us. We have Packback hosting and sponsoring for food. I look forward to seeing you all there, and catch up!

Presentation:

As you might have already heard from a grumpy individual, adding more tests to your codebase is crucial to its stability over time. This talk isn't about adding tests to your PHP codebase, but adding tests to the PHP language itself!

And the best part is, all the tests are written in PHP so you don't even have to dust off that old C book from college. In this talk I will show you how to find untested parts of the PHP source code, how to write a test for the untested feature and how to submit your tests to PHP internals. Not only will you be making PHP more stable and reliable, but there's a good chance the tests you write will give you a deeper understanding of PHP; knowledge you can use to improve your own codebases. Not to mention you'll be able to call yourself an internals contributor. Come on in! The water's fine!

About the speaker: Sammy Kaye Powers has been making things on the web for fifteen years. Sammy spends the bulk of his time in coffee shops cranking out loads of Facebook apps for ad agencies. He dabbles in PHP internals and is the maintainer of the official Facebook PHP SDK. He loves sharing knowledge about Facebook development & PHP at SammyK.me (https://www.sammyk.me/). He co-organizes the Chicago PHP user group and hosts the PHP Roundtable podcast. He travels all over the States competing in a dance called West Coast Swing. He's also a volunteer magician performing bedside magic at children's hospitals.