laravel-tdd

Automate Laravel test-driven development by enforcing a Red-Green-Refactor cycle across unit, feature, and integration tests for models, controllers, jobs, and policies using PHPUnit or Pest.

The best database testing strategy uses RefreshDatabase, DatabaseTransactions, or DatabaseMigrations to ensure fast, reliable test runs by managing state resets efficiently across integration tests.

Choosing Pest vs PHPUnit depends on project alignment; both are fully supported for writing tests, and the workflow provides guidance to help you select the appropriate framework conventions for your application.

Test HTTP endpoints, authentication, and response shapes using feature tests, which validate HTTP interactions and ensure your application's endpoints return the correct authenticated responses.

You need integration tests when validating database interactions, queues, and external services, ensuring these components work together reliably within your Laravel application architecture.

Yes, you can validate pure logic and services using unit tests, which isolate specific components to verify business rules and service behaviors without triggering broader application dependencies.