Yes, Cake 2.0 introduces a new ControllerTestCase class which provide very convenient methods for generating controller Mocks and a very much improved testAction() method to tes a complete dispatch cycle.
On May 8, 1:52 pm, DerekGardiner <derek.gardi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are there going to be changes to the way cake tests their controllers > in cake 2.0? Will they solve the navigation issue where you can't test > a controller that redirects? > > On May 6, 10:02 am, "Daniel S. Reichenbach" <dan...@kogitoapp.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > Does anyone do TDD in Cake? Do you have any recommendation or > > > something helpful to start with this practice? > > > test-driven development with CakePHP is worth the effort. For starters, > > have a look e.g. in the test suite included with CakePHP, which can be > > found in the `cake/tests/` directory ([see here][1]). > > > If you do want to write tests for CakePHP 1.3.x, you will need to grab > > [SimpleTest][2] and extract it into your vendor directory. > > > For CakePHP 2.0.x, [PHPUnit][3] is used to write tests. I'd recommend > > to peek into the 2.0 branch on github, which comes with [tests][4] as > > well. > > > An example for plugins and tests would probably be the debug kit, as > > it comes with [batteries included][5], too. > > > Try defining your test cases, groups, etc. before you build the actual > > application, and not after the app is done. :) > > > [1]:https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/tree/master/cake/tests > > [2]:http://simpletest.org/ > > [3]:http://phpunit.de/ > > [4]:https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/tree/2.0/lib/Cake/tests > > [5]:https://github.com/cakephp/debug_kit > > -- > > [kogito](http://kogitoapp.com) - nerds available for awesome projects > > > kogito Anwendungsentwicklung bra...@kogitoapp.com > > c/o Daniel S. Reichenbach phone: +49 6462 915060 > > Auf dem Würtenberg 33 mobile: +49 160 96311159 > > 35075 Gladenbach, Germany -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
