Topics include:<ul><li>Recommended testing tools</li><li>PHPUnit vs. phpspec</li><li>Mockery vs. Prophecy</li><li>The benefits of defensive programming</li><li>How to convince your manager to let you write tests</li></ul>This episode is brought to you by <a href="https://laracasts.com">Laracasts</a>. Links:<ul><li><a href="https://leanpub.com/minimumviabletests">Minimum Viable Tests</a>, Chris' new book</li><li><a href="https://grumpy-learning.com/">Grumpy Learning</a>, Chris' personal website</li><li><a href="https://phpunit.de/">PHPUnit</a> testing framework</li><li><a href="http://phpspec.readthedocs.org/en/latest/">phpspec</a> testing framework</li><li><a href="https://github.com/padraic/mockery">Mockery</a> test double library</li><li><a href="https://github.com/phpspec/prophecy">Prophecy</a> test double library</li><li><a href="https://github.com/antecedent/patchwork">Patchwork</a> monkey patching library</li><li><a href="http://devhell.info/">Development Hell</a>, Chris and Ed Finkler's podcast</li><li>Sponsored by <a href="https://laracasts.com">Laracasts</a></li></ul>

38: J.B. Rainsberger - Unit Testability and the Universal Architecture

A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.