{"id":27493,"date":"2017-04-09T11:51:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T09:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27493"},"modified":"2017-04-09T11:51:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T09:51:23","slug":"phpunit-snapshot-assertions-a-way-to-test-without-writing-actual-test-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/09\/phpunit-snapshot-assertions-a-way-to-test-without-writing-actual-test-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"PHPUnit Snapshot Assertions – a way to test without writing actual test cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

phpunit-snapshot-assertions<\/a> – is an interesting addition to the PHPUnit assertions which allows testing against previously created snapshots. \u00a0This is particularly useful for testing the outputs of API end-points, format conversion functions, and the like. \u00a0Instead of testing the actual functionality, these assertions allow to compare the output of the current test run with the known good output of a previously created snapshot.<\/p>\n

This works well for generic text, but even better for widely used formats like JSON and XML, where, in case of a failed assertion, a meaningful difference can be provided.<\/p>\n

Here is a blog post<\/a> providing some more details on philosophy and methodology.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

phpunit-snapshot-assertions – is an interesting addition to the PHPUnit assertions which allows testing against previously created snapshots. \u00a0This is particularly useful for testing the outputs of API end-points, format conversion functions, and the like. \u00a0Instead of testing the actual functionality, these assertions allow to compare the output of the current test run with the known … Continue reading PHPUnit Snapshot Assertions – a way to test without writing actual test cases<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"PHPUnit Snapshot Assertions - a way to test without writing actual test cases #WebDev #PHP #PHPUnit #testing #API #XML #JSON","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,18,62,1334],"tags":[2404,3306,38,3492,3074,1108,1330,277],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-27493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-programming","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-api","tag-json","tag-php","tag-phpunit","tag-quality-assurance","tag-testing","tag-web-development","tag-xml"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t