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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''' :-)  
  
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>
  
Phan is a static analyzer for PHP. [https://github.com/phan/phan Phan project on GitHub] It will help you write better PHP7 code. You'll need the [https://github.com/nikic/php-ast Abstract Syntax Tree] generated by PHP. You can read a [https://github.com/phan/phan/wiki/Tutorial-for-Analyzing-a-Large-Sloppy-Code-Base tutorial for how to get Phan working in your project]
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- Edsger W. Dijkstra (1970)</blockquote>
  
The MediaWiki project uses Phan. See the article [[mw:Continuous_integration/Phan|Continuous_integration/Phan]]
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== See also ==
  
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* [[Software Quality]]
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* [[Ansible#Testing|Ansible [Testing]]]
  
== Static Analysis of MediaWiki ==
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See https://doc.wikimedia.org/mediawiki-core/master/phpmetrics/complexity.html
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 11:35, 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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