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Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/installing-and-setting-up-wordpress-and-nginx-for-travis-ci-tests/ https://theaveragedev.com/xdebug-local-addon-released/ XDebug Local addon released Sat, 07 Oct 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/xdebug-local-addon-released/ https://theaveragedev.com/developing-a-local-addon-07/ Developing a Local addon – 07 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/developing-a-local-addon-07/ https://theaveragedev.com/developing-a-local-addon-06/ Developing a Local addon – 06 Sat, 30 Sep 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/developing-a-local-addon-06/ https://theaveragedev.com/developing-a-local-addon-05/ Developing a Local addon – 05 Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/developing-a-local-addon-05/ https://theaveragedev.com/developing-a-local-addon-04/ Developing a Local addon – 04 Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/developing-a-local-addon-04/ https://theaveragedev.com/developing-a-local-addon-03/ Developing a Local addon – 03 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/developing-a-local-addon-03/ https://theaveragedev.com/developing-a-local-addon-02/ Developing a Local addon – 02 Sat, 16 Sep 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/developing-a-local-addon-02/ https://theaveragedev.com/developing-a-local-addon-01/ Developing a Local addon - 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00 Sat, 29 Apr 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/developing-a-better-functional-tests-dedicated-wordpress-module-for-codeception-00/ https://theaveragedev.com/tdding-the-gattiny-plugin-02/ TDDing the “Gattiny” plugin – 02 Wed, 26 Apr 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/tdding-the-gattiny-plugin-02/ https://theaveragedev.com/function-mocker-now-compatible-with-phpunit-6/ Function Mocker now compatible with PHPUnit 6 Sat, 22 Apr 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/function-mocker-now-compatible-with-phpunit-6/ https://theaveragedev.com/function-mocker-1-2-1-out/ Function Mocker 1.2.1 out! Wed, 19 Apr 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/function-mocker-1-2-1-out/ https://theaveragedev.com/tdding-the-gattiny-plugin-01/ TDDing the \"Gattiny\" plugin - 01 Sat, 15 Apr 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/tdding-the-gattiny-plugin-01/ https://theaveragedev.com/testing-the-rest-calculator/ Testing the REST calculator Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/testing-the-rest-calculator/ https://theaveragedev.com/my-how-to-name-stuff-when-testing-flow/ My \"how to name stuff when testing\" flow Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/my-how-to-name-stuff-when-testing-flow/ https://theaveragedev.com/four-easy-pieces-about-equality-assertions-in-tests/ Four easy pieces about equality assertions in tests Sat, 25 Feb 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/four-easy-pieces-about-equality-assertions-in-tests/ https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-09/ QA Thing – test-driven developing it 09 Wed, 22 Feb 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-09/ https://theaveragedev.com/di52-the-php-5-2-compatible-di-container-is-getting-ide-autocompletion/ di52, the PHP 5.2 compatible DI container, is getting IDE autocompletion Sat, 18 Feb 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/di52-the-php-5-2-compatible-di-container-is-getting-ide-autocompletion/ https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-08/ QA Thing – test-driven developing it 08 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-08/ https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-07/ QA Thing – test-driven developing it 07 Sat, 11 Feb 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-07/ https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-06/ QA Thing – test-driven developing it 06 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-06/ https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-05/ QA Thing – test-driven developing it 05 Thu, 02 Feb 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-05/ https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-04/ QA Thing – test-driven developing it 04 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-04/ https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-03/ QA Thing – test-driven developing it 03 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-03/ https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-02/ QA Thing – test-driven developing it 02 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-02/ https://theaveragedev.com/di52-version-2-0-is-out/ di52 version 2.0 is out! Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/di52-version-2-0-is-out/ https://theaveragedev.com/lazy-built-instances-in-di52/ Lazy built instances in di52 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/lazy-built-instances-in-di52/ https://theaveragedev.com/contextual-binding-in-php-5-2-with-di52/ Contextual binding in PHP 5.2 with di52 Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/contextual-binding-in-php-5-2-with-di52/ https://theaveragedev.com/di52-and-the-new-callback-function-support/ di52 and the new callback function support Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/di52-and-the-new-callback-function-support/ https://theaveragedev.com/di52-and-its-decorator-support-pattern/ di52 and its Decorator support pattern Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/di52-and-its-decorator-support-pattern/ https://theaveragedev.com/di52-getting-ready-for-the-next-fight/ di52 getting ready for the next fight Mon, 09 Jan 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/di52-getting-ready-for-the-next-fight/ https://theaveragedev.com/time-for-a-new-version-of-di52/ Time for a new version of di52 Mon, 02 Jan 2017 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/time-for-a-new-version-of-di52/ https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-01/ QA Thing - test-driven developing it 01 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-test-driven-developing-it-01/ https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-01/ QA Thing - 01 Sat, 17 Dec 2016 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/qa-thing-01/ https://theaveragedev.com/generating-gherkin-step-definitions-from-codeception-modules-02/ Generating Gherkin step definitions from Codeception modules 02 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/generating-gherkin-step-definitions-from-codeception-modules-02/ https://theaveragedev.com/generating-gherkin-step-definitions-from-codeception-modules-01/ Generating Gherkin step definitions from Codeception modules 01 Fri, 09 Dec 2016 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/generating-gherkin-step-definitions-from-codeception-modules-01/ https://theaveragedev.com/steppify-out-there/ Steppify out there Wed, 07 Dec 2016 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/steppify-out-there/ https://theaveragedev.com/extending-test-cases-and-factories-in-wordpress-integration-tests/ Extending test cases and factories in WordPress integration tests Fri, 25 Nov 2016 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/extending-test-cases-and-factories-in-wordpress-integration-tests/ https://theaveragedev.com/running-single-site-and-multisite-wordpress-integration-tests/ Running single site and multisite WordPress integration tests Wed, 23 Nov 2016 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/running-single-site-and-multisite-wordpress-integration-tests/ https://theaveragedev.com/using-the-post-factory-in-wordpress-integration-tests/ Using the post factory in WordPress integration tests Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/using-the-post-factory-in-wordpress-integration-tests/ https://theaveragedev.com/four-wordpress-integration-testing-multisite-pieces/ Four WordPress integration testing multisite pieces Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/four-wordpress-integration-testing-multisite-pieces/ https://theaveragedev.com/four-wordpress-integration-testing-easy-pieces/ Four WordPress integration testing easy pieces Wed, 16 Nov 2016 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/four-wordpress-integration-testing-easy-pieces/ https://theaveragedev.com/wp-browser-and-multisite/ wp-browser and multisite Sun, 13 Nov 2016 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/wp-browser-and-multisite/ https://theaveragedev.com/wp-cli-wp-browser-package-added-to-the-package-index/ WP CLI wp-browser package added to the package index Thu, 10 Nov 2016 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/wp-cli-wp-browser-package-added-to-the-package-index/ https://theaveragedev.com/wpbrowser-wp-cli-package-is-out/ WPBrowser WP-CLI package is out. Tue, 08 Nov 2016 12:11:57 +0000 https://theaveragedev.com/wpbrowser-wp-cli-package-is-out/