| PHP QA TestFest [message #1347] |
Thu, 13 March 2008 11:08 |
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 ramsey
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Later this month, php.net will announce the TestFest. In preparation for Atlanta
PHP's involvement in the TestFest, I'm sending this message to introduce the
TestFest and point you to resources for writing phpt tests. More information
will follow when php.net officially announces the TestFest.
As a preview for our May 1st meeting, we will have a workshop format catering to
two different groups of developers. For beginning PHP developers, we will help
you get started developing PHP applications by helping to set up your
environment and teaching a few of the basics. For intermediate-to-advanced
developers, we will discuss how you can assist the PHP development community by
writing phpt tests. More details to come in the future.
What is the TestFest?
The TestFest is an event that aims at improving the code coverage of the test
suite for the PHP language itself. As part of this event, local UGs are invited
to join the TestFest. All it takes is a local organizer to spearhead the event
and to get others involved in writing phpt tests. The submissions will then be
reviewed by members of php.net before getting included in the official test suite.
What is the motivation for people to join?
Aside from having the opportunity to help in improving the language itself, we
will also raffle off 10 elePHPants to submitters. Every submission that is
considered to be helpful gets 1 entry into the raffle. Furthermore, people who
have shown that they are capable of writing tests entirely on their own, may be
given official PHP.net accounts with direct commit access to cvs.php.net and an
@php.net email address.
Again, more details will follow when this event is announced on php.net.
Go here to learn more about writing phpt tests:
http://qa.php.net/write-test.php
Discuss phpt tests and the TestFest in the Atlanta PHP forum here:
http://forum.atlantaphp.org/index.php/t/496/
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Ben Ramsey
Atlanta PHP
http://www.atlantaphp.org/
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