Tag "testing" tricks

With this trick you will able to unitTest complex query, that will have closures.

Gulp is a javascript taskrunner (like Grunt) using Nodejs. You can use it to automatically run PHPUnit tests on saved files. Ex: Save Foo.php and run FooTest.php automatically. Link to gist: https://gist.github.com/varghesejacob/56e2637dcb5cd2bc4b51

What if instead of using debugging bar like https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-debugbar or others, you could use something that integrates directly with Chrome's web developer tools? Imaging viewing request information, headers, get and post data, cookies, session data, DB queries, routes and timing, all within Chrome's developer tools panel? With this extension, you can! Read the instructions below to know how!

When you're into making an API, you may wish to make the format of the responses you provide dynamic. If you're not using controllers, you would make a class, but if you use controllers, it's a pretty good idea to place it in the base controller. As well you may restructure your response data to include more fields, e.g. for testing purposes you may wish to also include some custom debug.

When creating JS heavy apps some times you need to simulate a network delay so you can see how things are working as it's loading. This simple trick will do just that.

This snippet can be used to view a linked list to all your available views, useful for reviewing different screens.