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Play by Play: Test-Driven PHP with Chris Hartjes

by Chris Hartjes and Geoffrey Grosenbach

Chris implements a build system notifier with test-driven PHP using a Spark Core hardware device and the Travis CI notification API.

What you'll learn

Chris implements a build system notifier with test-driven PHP using a Spark Core hardware device and the Travis CI notification API. You'll see modern PHP tools in use, like the Composer dependency management system.

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About the authors

Chris Hartjes has been building web applications of all shapes and sizes since 1998, ranging from catalogs for CD compilations for professional DJ’s to large-scale dating web sites. A huge consumer of open-source software, Chris tries to give back to the community via his blog, by speaking at conferences, and by co-organizing True North PHP (http://truenorthphp.ca). He is also a big believer in the power of testing and automation as secret weapons for organizations to deliver high quality applic... more

Geoffrey founded PeepCode and has created numerous courses on Ruby, JavaScript and Shell. He commits code at https://github.com/topfunky.

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