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.. include:: /Includes.rst.txt
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.. _testing-framework:
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=================
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Testing framework
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=================
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Extensions usually need to support two LTS versions of TYPO3 in parallel,
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assuming that they should support all currently supported TYPO3 LTS versions.
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To achieve this, there are two different approaches, which also affect the
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choice of a testing framework for unit and functional tests.
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.. contents:: Table of Contents:
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:backlinks: top
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:class: compact-list
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:depth: 2
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:local:
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.. _testing-framework-approach-many-versions:
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Approach 1: One branch for many TYPO3 LTS versions
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With this approach, there is one main branch that gets new features. It needs to
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support two TYPO3 LTS versions in parallel.
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The downside is that this slightly increases code complexity as
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version-dependent code switches might be necessary. The upside is that there
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is only one branch to maintain, which makes adding new features (and all other
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code changes) a lot less of a hassle.
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The `Nimut testing framework <https://github.com/Nimut/testing-framework>`__
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can support multiple TYPO3 versions at a time, and
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it provides version-independent abstractions for testing, making it the perfect
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companion for this approach.
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This is the approach that we have chosen for this extension as we do not want
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to maintain two branches in parallel.
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.. _testing-framework-approach-one-version:
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Approach 2: One branch per TYPO3 LTS version
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============================================
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With this approach, there are two main branches that get new features in
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parallel. Each branch supports exactly one TYPO3 LTS version.
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The upside is that this slightly decreases code complexity as
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version-dependent code switches are not necessary. The downside is that there
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are two branches to maintain, which makes adding new features (and all other
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code changes) more of a hassle.
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For this approach, the
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`TYPO3 testing framework <https://github.com/TYPO3/testing-framework>`__
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- which supports only one TYPO3 LTS version at a time - will work just fine.
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