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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 :-)

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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-Testing is software development.
+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''' :-)
+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==
-see [[Phan]]
-==Other Static Analysis tools for PHP==
+- Edsger W. Dijkstra (1970)</blockquote>
-===PHPStan===
+== See also ==
-https://phpstan.org/
-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.
+* [[Software Quality]]
+* [[Ansible#Testing|Ansible [Testing]]]
-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.
+* [[PHPUnit]]
-Adding a configuration file for your MediaWiki extension is straightforward and would look like this:<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
-parameters:
-	level: 1
-	paths:
-		- src
-		- tests
-	scanDirectories:
-		- ../../includes
-		- ../../tests/phpunit
-		- ../../vendor
-</syntaxhighlight>
-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.
-The '''paths''' are the directories of '''your code.'''
-The '''scanDirectories''' are additional paths used to discover symbols, but not analyze for errors.
-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.
-===Psalm===
-https://psalm.dev/
-<references />
+<br />
 [[Category:Wiki]]
 [[Category:MediaWiki]]
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 [[Category:Tools]]
 [[Category:Continuous Integration]]
+<references />