Topics include:<ul><li>How their approaches have changed over time</li><li>Feature tests vs. unit tests, when to use each</li><li>Testing code that interacts with external services</li><li>Using fakes instead of mocks</li><li>Contract tests</li><li>Testing view data vs. rendered HTML</li></ul>Sponsors:<ul><li><a href="https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio">Rollbar</a>, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days</li><li><a href="http://codeship.com/">Codeship</a></li></ul>Links:<ul><li><a href="https://course.testdrivenlaravel.com/early-access">Test-Driven Laravel</a>, Adam's testing course</li><li><a href="https://github.com/laravel/horizon/tree/1.0/tests">Laravel Horizon test suite</a></li><li><a href="https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/mocking">Laravel Fakes</a> documentation</li><li><a href="https://adamwathan.me/2017/01/02/dont-mock-what-you-dont-own/">"Don't Mock What You Don't Own"</a>, Adam's screencast on testing wrappers for external services</li><li><a href="https://adamwathan.me/2016/01/25/writing-your-own-test-doubles/">"Writing Your Own Test Doubles"</a>, Adam's blog post on using fakes instead of mocks</li><li><a href="https://adamwathan.me/2016/02/01/preventing-api-drift-with-contract-tests/">"Preventing API Drift with Contract Tests"</a>, Adam's screencast on using traits to create contract tests between fake and real implementations</li></ul>

In this episode, Adam is joined by Taylor Otwell the creator of Laravel to talk about their approaches to testing Laravel applications.

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72: Taylor Otwell - Testing Laravel Applications