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Do you use unit tests or unit tests in WordPress?
In fact, the best is to do both. You start by using unit tests to test the behaviour of your code. You then use WordPress tests to test how your code behaves within WordPress. That said, this is a topic for another time. You’ll see that you already have plenty on your plate with unit testing.
How to create test doubles of WordPress functions?
To create test doubles of WordPress functions, we need to use namespaces. This means that your plugin will need to use PHP version 5.3 or later. We’re also going to use a second testing library besides PHPUnit. This testing library uses a trait to add functionality to our tests.
Which is the best definition of unit testing?
Well, in the full spectrum of testing, unit testing focuses on testing at the smallest scale. In most cases, that means inputting values into a function (or object method). You then check at what comes out at the other end. “Checking what comes out at the other end” tends to boil down to two things.
How can I test my theme in WordPress?
Adjust WordPress settings as follows: Settings -> General: set the Site Title to something fairly long, and set the Tagline to something even longer. These settings will facilitate testing how the Theme handles these values.
What does it mean to test a unit of code?
Unit testing, by its name, is about isolating a unit of code for testing. Isolating a unit of code is a lot like hooking your function to a set of magical machines. They let you control everything that surrounds your function. In the testing world, we call these machines test doubles.
How do I create an httpcontext for my unit test?
Internally, the property would access the private HttpContext instance and just return the result. Once you’re utilizing it in this way, you can then mock HttpContextAccessor to simply return what you need for your tests, and you don’t have to worry about supplying it with an HttpContext instance.
How to set session in a unit test?
Dependency Injection! So test can set the session (underground) and then call the application method as if it knows nothing about the session. Then test secretly checks if the application code correctly updated the session. Or if the application behaves based on the session value set by the test.