Simple Test hit the final milestone before a stable release today (well last night I think). The release file is up on Sourceforge.
Simple Test is the unit test framework for PHP. Not only is it packing essential features, like mock objects, that you probably won’t find elsewhere but the documentation is excellent, both on Marcus’s site and bundled with the release itself.
With a dynamically typed language like PHP, unit testing is critical. Once you’ve grasped the concept and made it a habit, you’ll wonder how you ever managed before - the quality of your code will improve dramatically plus you’ll be able to take on larger, more complex projects knowing you can trust your code. Bruce Eckel makes the case in Strong Typing vs. Strong Testing…
