Announcing PHP TestFest 2017

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(Cross-posting to php-qa and ug-admins mailing lists.)

TL;DR: PHP TestFest is back! Join the Google Group (link below) for
discussion.

Hi, all,

For those who=E2=80=99ve been around the PHP community for a while, =
you=E2=80=99ll
recall the successful PHP TestFest events that began after a discussion
at PHP Quebec in 2008 [1]. Many user groups and mentors signed on to
host and help with events, and a lot of folks became first-time
contributors to the PHP project, helping improve our code coverage. It
ran strong in a _global_ sense from 2008 to 2010. After that, various
groups (particularly the Brazilian groups) have continued the tradition.

A few months ago, at php[tek] in Atlanta, I mentioned to Michelangelo
that I=E2=80=99d love to bring back PHP TestFest. Sammy had given an =
excellent
talk on writing PHPT tests [2], and Gemma tweeted a link to the old PHP
TestFest wiki page [3,4]. =46rom there, things snowballed.

We=E2=80=99re bringing back PHP TestFest!

The PHP TestFest will run for 4 months this year: September through
December. This should give groups plenty of time to plan and prepare one
or more local events. In early January, we will award prizes; if your
organization/company is interested in offering products or services as
prizes, let us know (send email to <[email protected]>).

This time around, I=E2=80=99ve set up a dedicated website at
<https://phptestfest.org/> and Google Group for discussion [5]. We also
have the #phptestfest channel on Freenode IRC [6]. All are encouraged to
contribute to the website and tools repository [7]. We need technical
tutorials, as well as tutorials from veteran TestFest organizers on how
to lead successful PHP TestFest events. Additionally, I=E2=80=99ve =
provided a
stub for a console application in the repository, and I=E2=80=99d love =
to see
that evolve into a robust tool for helping people write and contribute
PHPT tests.

I=E2=80=99ll be updating the =E2=80=9CGetting Started=E2=80=9D page on =
the PHP TestFest website
soon with this information and more, so keep posted [8].

Let=E2=80=99s get to work on improving code coverage of the PHP =
language!

Cheers,
Ben

P.S. Special thanks to Sammy for letting us use =E2=80=9CWooble=E2=80=9D =
as a testing
mascot.


[1]: http://news.php.net/php.qa/64083
[2]: =
https://speakerdeck.com/sammyk/writing-tests-for-php-source-php-tek-2017
[3]: https://twitter.com/ellotheth/status/868583446498734084
[4]: https://wiki.php.net/qa/testfest
[5]: https://groups.google.com/a/phpcommunity.org/group/testfest/
[6]: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net#phptestfest
[7]: https://github.com/phpcommunity/phptestfest.org
[8]: https://phptestfest.org/start/


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