Happy Holidays from the CakePHP Team!

The time is now, can you feel it??  View this email in your browser Wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year! On behalf of the whole CakePHP team, we're sending our warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a happy New Year! This year has flown by, and we've had some major highlights! From an enjoyable and successful CakeFest 2017, to the announcement of Cake Road trip, our CakePHP Elephpants and many new open source plugins helping you! Our team would also like to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for all of your support and involvement with the CakePHP Community.  We are excited for what 2018 has to offer! Until next time,                                                                                                                       Larry E. Masters                                                                                                                       Co-Founder CakePHP                                                                                                                                      CakeFest 2018 Nashville is around the corner! If you would like to get involved in this wonderful open source initiative, please get in touch as there are amazing sponsorship opportunities available.  We know things change, if you are no longer interested unsubscribe here Want to be more involved in the community?  Here's how ... User Support  Education and Training Marketing and Evangelism Contributing Code Testing and Quality Assurance Documentation Translations Find out more or mail us to get involved today!   Copyright ©  2016 Cake Software Foundation, Inc.,  All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list   Copyright ©  2017 Cake Software Foundation, Inc.,  All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

Is Testing Important To You?

Testing tips to keep in mind!

The time is now, can you feel it??  View this email in your browser Today we check out testing - hot topic! Do you cringe when you hear the dreaded T-word? Testing can be rewarding, this week, Jeremy Harris has passed on some top tips to make CakePHP testing better A Data Provider can go a long way towards cleaning up duplicate logic in your tests  Have CakePHP 3.5? It comes baked with a new way to test your console applications Fixtures slowing your tests down? Try `friendsofcake/fixturize`! Getting Started: Testing can be complicated, so start by writing a test for the simpler elements - like an Entity. Create a base test case class that all your classes extend. This makes future broad changes easy. Bake can help you generate fixtures quickly. Try `bin/cake bake fixture --help` for more info. Have an integration test confusing you with a rendered error? Turn off the error handling middleware to debug it Having trouble figuring out how to test a certain layer in CakePHP? The core test suite has tests for everything, and they serve as a great example. So are you ready to get out there and test?  If you have any other tips that you'd like to share, be sure to tweet about them! Don't forget to tag us #CakePHP Until next time!                                                                                                                       Megan                                                                                                                        Community manager                                                                                                                                      Official Training - Getting Started with CakePHP 3 Join us in our next free training session for Getting Started with CakePHP - December 14th, there is limited space so sign up today! CakePHP 3.5.5 Released Do you know of a company that would be keen to get involved with #CakeFest2018? Let us know!  We know things change, if you are no longer interested unsubscribe here Want to be more involved in the community?  Here's how ... User Support  Education and Training Marketing and Evangelism Contributing Code Testing and Quality Assurance Documentation Translations Find out more or mail us to get involved today!   Copyright ©  2017 Cake Software Foundation, Inc.,  All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list