[Phpug] TestFest

[Sonic Donic]

If the date suits, I'd be up for helping out.

Cheers,

Sonic

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 4:04 AM, David Coallier <davidc at php.net> wrote:

> On 10/04/2008, Ken Guest <ken at linux.ie> wrote:
> > I don't know if anybody has noticed news of the PHP TestFest (
> http://qa.php.net/testfest.php )
> >  It is "an event that aims at improving the code coverage of the test
> suite for
> >  the PHP language itself. As part of this event, local User Groups (UG)
> are
> >  invited to join the TestFest."
> >
> >  "All it takes is someone to organize a UG to spearhead the event and to
> get
> >  others involved in writing phpt tests. The submissions will then be
> reviewed by
> >  members of php.net before getting included in the official test suite."
> >
> >  I've written phpt tests for the Validate_IE package in PEAR - it's
> rather easy
> >  but if anybody wants help or advice I'm willing to give a help.
> >
> >  anybody interested?
> >
>
> As Ken stated, we are looking for a few test writers for the PHP TestFest.
>
> Let's give a bit more background on this testfest and what everyone in the
> PHP Community has been speaking about for a few weeks.
>
> We have started to organize this testfest in order to improve the quality
> of the overall PHP Development process and the product itself. This
> initiative
> has been taken on by Lukas Smith and we have discussed the last details at
> the PHP Quebec conference to then start with some organization. Currently,
> I am
> working on the web interface where the mentors and contributors will be
> able
> to organize and orient their work towards are more structured and simple
> way of
> uploading, testing and reviewing the submitted tests.
>
> We are working closely with many user groups (Which you can see at:
> http://wiki.php.net/qa/testfest)
> and of course Ken and I added the Ireland PHP UG to the list.
>
> What we would like to know now is "when" and "who" would be willing to
> help
> in this project and when would you be available? A good way is to organize
> all the local UG to write tests for all sorts of PHP functions and of
> course
> try to show that Irish PHP Developers are the best :-)
>
> If you guys have any questions do NOT be shy to ask. There are no
> stupid questions
> we all had to start at some point :)
>
> For references, you can look at: http://qa.php.net/testfest.php
>
> Another thing you may want to look at is:
> http://wiki.php.net/qa/testfest#available_mentors
>
> This is a list of people who will be able to approve tests. Most of us
> there are internal
> developers but if you guys need more help, you should either ask Ken
> or drop in #pear on
> irc://irc.efnet.net.
>
> I am available for all questions, but Ken is definitely the person to
> ask for since we
> are currently very very busy with the organization and that Ken is a
> resource in the
> PHP Test Writing domain. He's wrote very good tests and he's a very
> good teacher :-).
>
> So for any question, just drop them on the list and we'll happily try
> to answer them as quickly
> as possible. But at first, if you could tell us that you are
> interested and when you would be
> available for helping us on this project.
>
> Thanks a lot for all sorts of contributions to the PHP Project :)
> David
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