The framework used is [PHPUnit](https://phpunit.de/); it can be installed with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/), which is a dependency management tool.
-Regarding Composer, you can either use:
-* a system-wide version, e.g. installed through your distro's package manager
-* a local version, downloadable [here](https://getcomposer.org/download/)
+### Install composer
-#### Sample usage
+You can either use:
-```bash
-# system-wide version
-$ composer install
-$ composer update
+- a system-wide version, e.g. installed through your distro's package manager (eg. `sudo apt install composer`)
+- a local version, downloadable [here](https://getcomposer.org/download/). To update a local composer installation, run `php composer.phar self-update`
-# local version
-$ php composer.phar self-update
-$ php composer.phar install
-$ php composer.phar update
-```
#### Install Shaarli dev dependencies
```bash
$ cd /path/to/shaarli
+$ composer install
$ composer update
```
-#### Install and enable Xdebug to generate PHPUnit coverage reports
+#### Install Xdebug
+
+Xdebug must be installed and enable for PHPUnit to generate coverage reports. See http://xdebug.org/docs/install.
-For Debian-based distros:
```bash
+# for Debian-based distributions
$ aptitude install php5-xdebug
-```
-For ArchLinux:
-```bash
+
+# for ArchLinux:
$ pacman -S xdebug
```
Then add the following line to `/etc/php/php.ini`:
+
```ini
zend_extension=xdebug.so
```
#### Run unit tests
-Successful test suite:
-```bash
-$ make test
-
--------
-PHPUNIT
--------
-PHPUnit 4.6.9 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.
-
-Configuration read from /home/virtualtam/public_html/shaarli/phpunit.xml
-
-....................................
+Run `make test` and ensure tests return `OK`. If tests return failures, refer to PHPUnit messages and fix your code/tests accordingly.
-Time: 759 ms, Memory: 8.25Mb
-
-OK (36 tests, 65 assertions)
-```
-
-Test suite with failures and errors:
-```bash
-$ make test
--------
-PHPUNIT
--------
-PHPUnit 4.6.9 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.
+By default, PHPUnit will run all suitable tests found under the `tests` directory. Each test has 3 possible outcomes:
-Configuration read from /home/virtualtam/public_html/shaarli/phpunit.xml
-
-E..FF...............................
-
-Time: 802 ms, Memory: 8.25Mb
-
-There was 1 error:
-
-1) LinkDBTest::testConstructLoggedIn
-Missing argument 2 for LinkDB::__construct(), called in /home/virtualtam/public_html/shaarli/tests/Link\
-DBTest.php on line 79 and defined
-
-/home/virtualtam/public_html/shaarli/application/LinkDB.php:58
-/home/virtualtam/public_html/shaarli/tests/LinkDBTest.php:79
-
---
-
-There were 2 failures:
-
-1) LinkDBTest::testCheckDBNew
-Failed asserting that two strings are equal.
---- Expected
-+++ Actual
-@@ @@
--'e3edea8ea7bb50be4bcb404df53fbb4546a7156e'
-+'85eab0c610d4f68025f6ed6e6b6b5fabd4b55834'
-
-/home/virtualtam/public_html/shaarli/tests/LinkDBTest.php:121
-
-2) LinkDBTest::testCheckDBLoad
-Failed asserting that two strings are equal.
---- Expected
-+++ Actual
-@@ @@
--'e3edea8ea7bb50be4bcb404df53fbb4546a7156e'
-+'85eab0c610d4f68025f6ed6e6b6b5fabd4b55834'
-
-/home/virtualtam/public_html/shaarli/tests/LinkDBTest.php:133
-
-FAILURES!
-Tests: 36, Assertions: 63, Errors: 1, Failures: 2.
-```
-
-#### Test results and coverage
-
-By default, PHPUnit will run all suitable tests found under the `tests` directory.
-
-Each test has 3 possible outcomes:
-* `.` - success
-* `F` - failure: the test was run but its results are invalid
- * the code does not behave as expected
- * dependencies to external elements: globals, session, cache...
-* `E` - error: something went wrong and the tested code has crashed
- * typos in the code, or in the test code
- * dependencies to missing external elements
+- `.` - success
+- `F` - failure: the test was run but its results are invalid
+ - the code does not behave as expected
+ - dependencies to external elements: globals, session, cache...
+- `E` - error: something went wrong and the tested code has crashed
+ - typos in the code, or in the test code
+ - dependencies to missing external elements
If Xdebug has been installed and activated, two coverage reports will be generated:
-* a summary in the console
-* a detailed HTML report with metrics for tested code
- * to open it in a web browser: `firefox coverage/index.html &`
+
+- a summary in the console
+- a detailed HTML report with metrics for tested code
+ - to open it in a web browser: `firefox coverage/index.html &`
### Executing specific tests