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Drupal 9 Module Development

You're reading from   Drupal 9 Module Development Get up and running with building powerful Drupal modules and applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800204621
Length 626 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Daniel Sipos Daniel Sipos
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Developing for Drupal 9 2. Chapter 2: Creating Your First Module FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Logging and Mailing 4. Chapter 4: Theming 5. Chapter 5: Menus and Menu Links 6. Chapter 6: Data Modeling and Storage 7. Chapter 7: Your Own Custom Entity and Plugin Types 8. Chapter 8: The Database API 9. Chapter 9: Custom Fields 10. Chapter 10: Access Control 11. Chapter 11: Caching 12. Chapter 12: JavaScript and the Ajax API 13. Chapter 13: Internationalization and Languages 14. Chapter 14: Batches, Queues, and Cron 15. Chapter 15: Views 16. Chapter 16: Working with Files and Images 17. Chapter 17: Automated Testing 18. Chapter 18: Drupal Security 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Testing methodologies in Drupal 9

Drupal's PHP tests are all run by PHPUnit, which covers more testing methodologies than just those mentioned earlier. So, let's see what these are.

Drupal 9 comes with the following types of PHP-level testing:

  • Unit: Low-level class testing with minimal dependencies (usually mocked)
  • Kernel: Functional testing with the kernel bootstrapped, access to the database, and only a few loaded modules
  • Functional: Functional testing with a bootstrapped Drupal instance, a few installed modules, and using a Mink-based browser emulator (Goutte driver)
  • Functional JavaScript: Functional testing using the Selenium driver for Mink, allowing the testing of JavaScript-powered functionality

As mentioned, all of these test suites are built on top of PHPUnit and are, consequently, run by it. Based on the namespace the test classes reside in, as well as the directory placement, Drupal can discover these tests and know what type they...

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