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Testing is software development.   
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Testing ''is'' software development. Software development is writing code. Testing makes sure the code actually works, so in a nutshell: '''Testing is software development''' :-)  
  
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Software development is writing code. Testing makes sure the code actually works, so in a nutshell: '''Testing is software development''' :-)
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One major aspect of testing - especially '''during''' development and the [[Continuous Integration]] process, is [[static analysis]].<blockquote>Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!<ref>https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra</ref>
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==Phan==
 
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see [[Phan]]
 
  
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==Other Static Analysis tools for PHP==
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- Edsger W. Dijkstra (1970)</blockquote>
  
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===PHPStan===
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== See also ==
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https://phpstan.org/
 
  
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PHPStan seems more polished (perhaps because it's commercial and has a 'pro' version that adds a GUI) whereas phan is the original PHP static analysis tool Rasmus Ledorf uses.
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* [[Software Quality]]
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* [[Ansible#Testing|Ansible [Testing]]]
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PHPStan has some very notable projects that integrate it: Symphony, Doctrine, Monolog, and many more. Once again, there are PHPStan integrations for Drupal and Wordpress, but not MediaWiki.
 
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Adding a configuration file for your MediaWiki extension is straightforward and would look like this:<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
 
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The [https://phpstan.org/user-guide/rule-levels '''level''' can be 0 - 9] and are "intuitive" with zero being the lowest "lax" level, and 9 being the highest level of strictness. This is the opposite of Phan levels where zero is the highest level of strictness.
 
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The '''scanDirectories''' are additional paths used to discover symbols, but not analyze for errors.
 
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For more advanced usage, see [https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/Maps/blob/ee88211fadb3573b646cce005383450e96c3054e/phpstan.neon the example of Professional Wiki's Maps extension] which illustrates configuration file includes of a 'baseline'; error message suppression; and directory exclusions of problem code.
 
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https://psalm.dev/
 
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Latest revision as of 12:35, 26 February 2024

Testing is software development. Software development is writing code. Testing makes sure the code actually works, so in a nutshell: Testing is software development :-)

One major aspect of testing - especially during development and the Continuous Integration process, is static analysis.

Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence![1] - Edsger W. Dijkstra (1970)

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  1. ↑ https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra
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