Re: [UG-ADMINS] PHP TestFest 2017

I love this idea. I will selfishly suggest September because then we can hol=
d one at Madison PHP Conference, but Madison PHP will hold one either way, s=
o I am open to just about any non-summer, non-December month.=20
Beth

Beth Tucker Long
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> On Jun 6, 2017, at 23:01, Ben Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi, all!
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> Years ago, PHP user groups around the world banded together to hold a
> yearly PHP TestFest. =46rom my recollection, 2008 and 2009 were the
> biggest years, with the most involvement, but some groups continued the
> tradition for several more years.
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> So, what is the PHP TestFest?
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> Here's the old description from the original TestFest page at
> https://qa.php.net/
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>> The TestFest is an event that aims at improving the code coverage of
>> the test suite for the PHP language itself. As part of this event,
>> local User Groups (UG) are invited to join the TestFest. These UGs
>> can meet physically or come together virtually. The point however is
>> that people network to learn together. Aside from being an
>> opportunity for all of you to make friends with like minded people in
>> your (virtual) community, it also will hopefully reduce the work load
>> for the PHP.net mentors. All it takes is someone to organize a UG to
>> spearhead the event and to get others involved in writing phpt tests.
>> The submissions will then be reviewed by members of php.net before
>> getting included in the official test suite.
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> At php[tek], Sammy Kaye Powers gave a great presentation on writing phpt
> tests, and several folks began reminescing about the TestFest. One thing
> led to another, and we decided it's time to bring it back.
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> So, let's bring it back!
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> Here are a few things we should discuss:
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> * When should we hold TestFest? The goal is for as many user groups as
>  possible to take part, so we should pick a month that works for most
>  groups. A group may participate at any time during that month.
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> * Resources? We used to have resources available at qa.php.net, but
>  those resources seem to have disappeared (see below for archived
>  links). I've set up a repository here, where we can start
>  collaborating to assemble resources for the TestFest:
>  <https://github.com/phpcommunity/testfest>
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> * Prizes? The first TestFest included an elePHPant raffle, where each
>  good test submission received an entry to the raffle, and ten plush
>  elePHPants were raffled off to submitters. Should we do prizes? If so,
>  how should that work? Should we ask companies if they'd like to offer
>  products/services to give away?
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> * How should tests be submitted, and who can volunteer to review tests
>  and work with those who have karma to php-src to accept and merge in
>  the tests?
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> * We need mentors who can help UG leaders prepare for the event.
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> * It'd be great if we could assemble a presentation for any group to use
>  that would introduce TestFest and explain how to get started. I know
>  several people had worked on virtual machines that groups could use
>  to get people up-and-running quickly; today with Vagrant/Docker, it
>  should be easier than ever before to put something together that's
>  portable and useful.
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> * What else?
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> So, let's get the ball rolling and assemble the groups for TestFest
> 2017!
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> Cheers,
> Ben
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> Relevant Links:
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> * Original TestFest page:
>  <http://web.archive.org/web/20080912150938/http://qa.php.net/testfest.php=
>
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> * TestFest on the PHP wiki:
>  <https://wiki.php.net/qa/testfest>
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> * Old source for testfest.php.net:
>  <https://github.com/php/web-testfest>
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> * Some blog posts from Stefan Koopmanschap:
>  <http://leftontheweb.com/blog/categories/testfest/>
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> * Philip Norton's post on the UK PHP TestFest 2010:
>  <http://www.hashbangcode.com/blog/php-testfest-uk-2010-and-testing-php>
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> * PHPBelgium slides for preparing for TestFest 2009:
>  <https://www.slideshare.net/PHPBelgium/preparation-for-php-test-fest-2009=
>
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> * Brazilian TestFest code resources:
>  <https://github.com/PHPTestFestBrasil/PHPTestFest>
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> * Sammy's php[tek] 2017 talk:
>  <https://speakerdeck.com/sammyk/writing-tests-for-php-source-php-tek-2017=
>
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