Comments on: Screencast about testing controllers with CakePHP

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:48:31 +0000

@Jonah: Yes, that’s true, the intention of what he is doing is not always visible right away.

@Abhimanyu: Hm, difficult to say, it depends on what “better” means to you. In principal you need both kinds of tests if you want to test thoroughly. The normal test cases to ensure your classes work correctly, and web test cases to ensure the interaction of the classes works as expected.

By: Abhimanyu Grover

Abhimanyu Grover — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:00:16 +0000

@cakebaker

I know that, but which one is better in smaller projects? So far I’m good at web test case, it does have some limitations and so have normal test case.

By: Jonah

Jonah — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:45:53 +0000

The screencast was very badly done in my opinion. Hard to tell what he was doing and he didn’t explain everything and when he did he did not explain it properly. He kind of mumbled, and didn’t say much.

I hope he keeps up the work anyways, but I won’t be watching.

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:20:32 +0000

@Ahsan, Abhimanyu: Thanks for your comments!

@Abhimanyu: CakeTestCase is better suited for unit testing. CakeWebTestCase is more for testing on a higher level. It simulates a browser and allows you to test entire workflows like creating a new user.

Hope that answers your question!

By: Abhimanyu Grover

Abhimanyu Grover — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:19:59 +0000

Thanks, let me have a look. BTW, one question, what in your opinion is better for unit testing? CakeWebTestCase or CakeTestCase?

By: Ahsan

Ahsan — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:48:44 +0000

Thanks for sharing :)