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Develop high-quality applications and frameworks in PHPPHP has risen to become one of the most popular programming languages in the world, making high-quality, sustainable applications and frameworks created in PHP more sought after than ever. Using real-world case studies from well-known companies, this valuable book presents the planning, execution, and automation of tests for the different layers and tiers of a web software architecture and explains how these companies measure and test the quality of their software. The authors and contributing PHP experts offer varying opinions as to how problems are solved so that you can benefit from different approaches prior to developing your own apps and frameworks in PHP.
Real-World Solutions for Developing High-Quality PHP Frameworks and Applications:
Looks at the characteristics of good internal and external software quality
Shares techniques for writing new code, changing and optimizing existing code, and finding and fixing bugs
Reveals bad testing practices so you know what to avoid
Addresses how to test service-oriented APIs, a WebDAV server, and many PHP frameworks
Reviews large-scale selenium-based testing and testing database interaction
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Synopsis
Using real case studies from well-known companies and their PHP experts, the book presents the planning, execution, and automation of tests for the different layers and tiers of a Web software architecture, the measuring of software quality by means of software metrics, as well as establishing successful development processes and methods such as continuous integration, all in real-world scenarios. Different opinions are offered on how problems are solved to give the readers not one single truth but provide different approaches to problems and views on issues. There are three types of case study chapters: Enterprise Case Studies (How does company X implement their QA process?)Digg, OXID eSales, studiVZ, swoodoo Open Source Project Case Studies (How does project Y implement their QA process?) Typo3, eZ Components, Symfony, Zend Framework Case Studies that explain the implementation of a certain process or usage of a tool: Unit Testing Bad Practices, Performance Testing, Testing Database Interaction, Continuous Integration with phpUnderControl
Experts presenting the case studies include: Brian Shire, Facebook's lead for PHP Internals and a developer for the Alternative PHP Cache Michel Lively, Jr. Lead PHP Developer for Selling Source, LLC. Robert Lemke and Kaarsten Dambekalns, core developers of TYPO3 and FLOW3 Fabien Potencier, CEO of Sensio and lead developer of Symfony Matthew Weir O'Phinney, Project Lead for the Zend Framework
Synopsis
Learn to develop high-quality applications and frameworks in PHPPacked with in-depth information and step-by-step guidance, this book escorts you through the process of creating, maintaining and extending sustainable software of high quality with PHP. World-renowned PHP experts present real-world case studies for developing high-quality applications and frameworks in PHP that can easily be adapted to changing business requirements. . They offer different approaches to solving typical development and quality assurance problems that every developer needs to know and master.
- Details the process for creating high-quality PHP frameworks and applications that can easily be adapted to changing business requirements
- Covers the planning, execution, and automation of tests for the different layers and tiers of a Web application
- Demonstrates how to establish a successful development process
- Shares real-world case studies from well-known companies and their PHP experts
With this book, you’ll learn to develop high-quality PHP frameworks and applications that can easily be maintained with reasonable cost and effort.
About the Author
Sebastian Bergmann is a cofounder of The PHP Consulting Company. He is a thought leader on software quality assurance and author of PHPUnit and various other tools. He is a sought-after speaker at conferences around the world.
Stefan Priebsch is a cofounder of The PHP Consulting Company, helping customers to improve their development processes and make better use of PHP. He is the author of various books and a frequent speaker at IT conferences.
Table of Contents
FOREWORD.
INTRODUCTION.
PART I: FOUNDATIONS.
CHAPTER 1: SOFTWARE QUALITY.
CHAPTER 2: SOFTWARE TESTING.
PART II: BEST PRACTICES.
CHAPTER 3: TYPO3: THE AGILE FUTURE OF A PONDEROUS PROJECT.
CHAPTER 4: UNIT TESTING BAD PRACTICES.
CHAPTER 5: QUALITY ASSURANCE AT DIGG INC.
PART III: SERVERS AND SERVICES.
CHAPTER 6: TESTING SERVICE-ORIENTED APIS.
CHAPTER 7: TESTING A WEBDAV SERVER.
PART IV: ARCHITECTURE.
CHAPTER 8: TESTING SYMFONY AND SYMFONY PROJECTS.
CHAPTER 9: TESTING THE EZCGRAPH COMPONENT.
CHAPTER 10: TESTING DATABASE INTERACTION.
PART V: Q&A IN THE LARGE.
CHAPTER 11: QUALITY ASSURANCE AT STUDIVZ.
CHAPTER 12: CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION.
CHAPTER 13: SWOODOO: A TRUE AGILE STORY.
PART VI: NON-FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS.
CHAPTER 14: USABILITY.
CHAPTER 15: PERFORMANCE TESTING.
CHAPTER 16: SECURITY.
CHAPTER 17: CONCLUSION.
Bibliography.
INDEX.