Sebastian Bergmann: Story of PHPUnit, PEST PHP, And More | Nuno Maduro Podcast

Hi folks! I just had a great conversation with Sebastian Bergmann, the creator of PHPUnit. We talked about the story of PHPUnit and got his opinion on tools like PEST PHP that are using it behind the scenes. If you're into testing frameworks or just curious about the history of PHPUnit, this one's for you!
- Learn more about PHPUnit: phpunit.de
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Outline:
00:33 Introduction and Background
06:08 Origin of PHPUnit
11:51 Testing Before PHPUnit
14:40 Early Days of PHPUnit Development
18:14 PHPUnit Breaking Changes
22:21 PHPUnit Event System
31:58 Opinion on Pest PHP
38:01 Why Pest PHP Uses PHPUnit behind-the-scenes
40:50 PHPUnit Release Process
45:58 PHPUnit Working Hours
47:40 PHPUnit Future, and PHPUnit 12
55:13 Support PHPUnit
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CZcams video chapters are not appearing, so I’m leaving them here for you:​
00:33 - Introduction and Background
06:08 - Origin of PHPUnit
11:51 - Testing Before PHPUnit
14:40 - Early Days of PHPUnit Development
18:14 - PHPUnit Breaking Changes
22:21 - PHPUnit Event System
31:58 - Opinion on Pest PHP
38:01 - Why Pest PHP Uses PHPUnit behind-the-scenes
40:50 - PHPUnit Release Process
45:58 - PHPUnit Working Hours
47:40 - PHPUnit's Future, and PHPUnit 12
55:13 - Support PHPUnit

[@RohitS-om5jy]

25 years is really a huge huge time span. Kudos to Sebastian for his amazing contribution.. and what a great podcast! Thank you for doing this

[@FarazSamapoor]

Great talk, Nuno! Thank you both for everything you do for the community!

[@LeandroBanchio]

This is one of my favorite interviews I've ever seen. Keep up the great work!

[@MauroBonfietti]

Amazing talk.
I wish in the future, companies provide/spend more money giving support to Open Source Creators and Contributors Legends like you guys. 👏

[@karthickk2837]

So many thing in this conversation to be marked a quote.
And the answer for phpunit vs pest did made so happy.

[@kalpanaudara6512]

I was hoping this interview and it was real now.

[@AndersonPEM]

I stand in the shoulder of giants. Geez. 😊
You guys rock.

[@neverything]

Thank you both! What a great conversation

[@nunomaduro]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ozdemirrulass]

Great podcast! Listening Sebastian Bergmann on how he got into this field was like listening Daft Punk - Giorgio by Moroder

[@user-dh1gm3kl6j]

Very interesting to hear that VolksWagen fabricated test results in CI/CD at the same time when they fabricated emissions tests. Probably it was general management practice at this time

[@rajadking]

Great conversation! Loved it ❤

[@ruslansteiger]

Great conversation. 🤝

[@nunomaduro]

Thank you 🙌

[@giuliano-codes]

Great video!

[@nunomaduro]

Thanks!

great conversation!

[@nunomaduro]

❤

[@szabolcsszucs8669]

Very good podcast! Thank you

[@nunomaduro]

🧡

[@Chemaclass]

Nice talk :)

[@nunomaduro]

Thanks! 🙂