Log message #4183674

# At Username Text
# Apr 17th 2019, 15:02 Coddyx ie
# Apr 17th 2019, 15:02 Coddyx I also tried mocking the return value of the get method on the model
# Apr 17th 2019, 15:02 Coddyx WHILE we're there
# Apr 17th 2019, 15:02 Coddyx and
# Apr 17th 2019, 15:02 Coddyx ok
# Apr 17th 2019, 15:01 neon1024 It’d probably be the least amount of work
# Apr 17th 2019, 15:00 Coddyx To switch the value for true and false
# Apr 17th 2019, 15:00 Coddyx You suggest I hit the db before the true and false test for miantenance mode?
# Apr 17th 2019, 15:00 Coddyx So for my specific test case
# Apr 17th 2019, 15:00 Coddyx I understand
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:59 Coddyx :)
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:59 neon1024 https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/a4a4jc/a_software_qa_engineer_walks_into_a_bar/
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:58 neon1024 Read about the man who walks into a bar and buys a beer ;)
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:58 neon1024 There is a balance between critical path testing and testing every use-case
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:57 neon1024 The npath complexity of a method would give you a guide on how many test-cases might be there
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:57 neon1024 No, I wouldn’t rely on it. It is a nice guide to see which test-cases you might have missed
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:56 Coddyx and you rely on code coverage to assert everything passes by where it should?
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:55 neon1024 You only test your public api
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:55 neon1024 Either your code or your tests, that is
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:55 neon1024 It’s a code smell. Usually means you need to refactor
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:54 neon1024 It is
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:54 Coddyx What is your opinion on that
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:54 Coddyx directly
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:54 Coddyx I've read that's it is considered a bad practice to test a private method
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:54 Coddyx While you're there
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:53 Coddyx french looks not so bad :P
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:53 neon1024 Désolé je ne parle pas français parce que je suis britannique
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:52 neon1024 I wouldn’t ever do that. I’d add more data to the fixture and then select the correct data in the test-case
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:52 Coddyx actually, do you speak french? i just saw you're from strasbourg
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:51 Coddyx Is there a way to inject a value in fixture for a specific test?
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:50 Coddyx But
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:50 Coddyx I'll try it
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:49 Coddyx that I could
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:48 neon1024 I guess you could do a write to the test db at the start of the test-case?
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:48 neon1024 If you expose the value in your code or inject it you’d be able to test it much esier
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:48 Coddyx Like so far I have $records = [ ['maintenance' => 1] ];
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:48 neon1024 Well that’s trying to solve a problem in testing by having bad code
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:47 Coddyx but how can I have a record for a test and another one for the opposite?
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:47 Coddyx And put the record in it
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:47 Coddyx I baked one
# Apr 17th 2019, 14:47 neon1024 Which fixes the value, so when you execute the controller request it can get the right value