Enhance PHPhttp://www.enhance-php.com/ |
Kahlanhttps://github.com/kahlan/kahlan |
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| Programming language | PHP | PHP |
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Unit Testing
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Unit Testing
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| General info |
Enhance PHP is a lightweight Open Source PHP unit testing framework It has support for mocks and stubs and runs in the browser, or via the command line |
Kahlan is a full-featured BDD testing framework It is a full-featured BDD testing framework that embraces the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) design principle. Kahlan makes it possible to write unit tests using the 'describe-it' syntax and requires at least PHP 5.5 |
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xUnit
Set of frameworks originating from SUnit (Smalltalk's testing framework). They share similar structure and functionality. |
No
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No
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Client-side
Allows testing code execution on the client, such as a web browser |
Yes It tests front-end functionality and can run in the browser |
Yes Kahlan allows you to test front-end components and behaviour easily |
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Server-side
Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code |
N/A
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Yes You can test individual back-end components using Kahlan |
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Fixtures
Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data (fixtures) that are test-local. This ensures specific environment for a single test |
Yes One is able to write fixtures in Enhance PHP |
Yes Fixtures can be defined by use of 'setUp()'method and cleaned using the 'tearDown()'method |
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Group fixtures
Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data for a group of tests (group-fixtures). This ensures specific environment for a given group of tests. |
Yes One is able to write group fixtures in Enhance PHP |
Yes You can write group fixtures |
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Generators
Supports data generators for tests. Data generators generate input data for test. The test is then run for each input data produced in this way. |
N/A
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N/A
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Licence
Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software |
Apache License 2.0
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MIT License
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Mocks
Mocks are objects that simulate the behavior of real objects. Using mocks allows testing some part of the code in isolation (with other parts mocked when needed) |
Yes Enhance PHP has built-in support for mocks and stubs. You can set up expectations and supply predictable return values |
Yes With Kahlan's stubbing system you are able to set stubs (like mocks) directly to your class methods (dynamic mocking) |
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Grouping
Allows organizing tests in groups |
Yes You can group tests into suites with Enhance PHP |
Yes Kahlan allows you to group tests syntactically using a closure syntax. It has describe and context methods for grouping |
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Other
Other useful information about the testing framework |
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