The Build/Test Tools component upcoming roadmap includes, but not limited to the following during the 4.4 cycle:
PHPUnit
Enhance unit tests for persistent object caching in #31491
qUnit
Test Coverage
Building on wonderboymusic‘s previous static code analysis using Scrutinizer in #33491 we’ll extend this to include test coverage analysis.
Travis CI
We’re already ready for PHP7 when it’s released, but we’ll throw the switch at the same time in #33410, we’re also going to start testing against an array of database versions and vendors including MariaDB, see #30462
Grunt
Split Gruntfile.js into multiple files in #29883, optimize PNG and SVG image files in #30587, and add comments to files automatically created in #30666.
CSS
Furthering our CSS Roadmap and adding CSS linting in #29792 and likewise for SCSS in #26905
Documentation
There are several documentation mini projects covering using all of the above and improving our Git docs alongside existing SVN documentation.
104 open tickets in the Build/Test Tools component
104 open tickets. Last 7 days: +1 ticket
25 tickets that have no replies
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#29066 Grunt clean:dynamic task does not delete file/s from /build during grunt watch task
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#34185 Excluding certain PHPUnit test groups results in "Database is dead" notice and tests terminate
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#36190 Support running grunt phpunit tasks inside Vagrant environments
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#36786 Can't pass filter names to `MockAction::get_call_count()`
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#37261 Consider removing the `$start` argument from `WP_UnitTest_Generator_Sequence`
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#37521 Introduce a procedure for deprecating code used in Unit Tests
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#37605 Change `private` member access to `protected` in `MakePOT` class
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#38032 dbDelta() unit tests lock on MySQL 8.0
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#38266 Tests: Use assertSame() when the type of the value in the assertion is important
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#38716 Miscellaneous test suite improvements
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#39159 Add APC to automated test matrix
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#39998 Remove unneeded use of wpdb_exposed_methods_for_testing
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#40281 Improve Documentation for HTTP Unit Testing docs
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#41015 moving site with index.php
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#41781 do not forcefully phpunit delete fixtures data performance
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#42076 Allow the external HTTP tests to run internally
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#42387 Trim the Travis CI job matrix even further for older branches
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#42388 Remove failing tests from the 3.9 branch
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#42990 Deprecate WP_UnitTestCase::_make_attachment
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#44276 Add AppVeyor Windows-based CI (Continuous Integration) Service
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#44318 Non-default table prefix not used with new src/build flow, results in "You appear to have already installed WordPress" message
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#44351 Fix "Foreign key constraint is incorrectly formed" when running unit tests
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#44390 PHPUnit tutorial page lacking build vital step docs
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#44496 Correct documentation of hook back and restore methods in the main test case docs
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#44613 Reduce misleading test failures caused by HTTP timeouts
29 tickets slated for 5.0
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#31823 Add ESLint integration javascript
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#35105 Specifiy minimum node and npm version in package.json
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#37375 Several test setUp() methods don't call parent::setUp()
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#38603 Explore adding Yarn and a `yarn.lock` file for NPM module management
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#41870 Code Editor: Add grunt task for building new CodeMirror bundles from external dependencies javascript
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#41978 `_delete_all_data()` does not delete attachment files
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#42009 Fix tests for the wptextpattern TinyMCE plugin
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#42093 Improve handling of SUBDOMAIN_INSTALL test coverage multisite
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#42278 Speed up tests by using shared user fixtures
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#42385 Fix the 4.2 branch test suite
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#42387 Trim the Travis CI job matrix even further for older branches
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#42388 Remove failing tests from the 3.9 branch
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#42808 Remove old style PHPCS ignore comments coding-standards
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#42811 Run the PHP 5.2 Travis job with the MySQL Extension
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#42904 Speed up unit tests by disabling password hashing
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#43218 PHPUnit 7.x support
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#43371 Bump Akismet External – 5.0 Edition
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#43432 Streamline tests with installation skips
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#43732 Improve wording on notice preventing development from src directory. ui javascript
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#43828 Add JSDoc ESLint script javascript
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#44246 Add `check-node-version` to check required Node.js and npm versions are installed
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#44276 Add AppVeyor Windows-based CI (Continuous Integration) Service
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#44328 grunt watch does not include cssmin; changes to css files in src are copied to build but not minified
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#44492 Add new build:dev task which symlinks all files that can be symlinked
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#44496 Correct documentation of hook back and restore methods in the main test case docs
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#44521 Add documentation to the PHPUnit factory objects docs
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#44600 Update WPCS to 1.0.0, and enforce coding standards coding-standards
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#44613 Reduce misleading test failures caused by HTTP timeouts
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#44771 Update Travis CI build matrix for PHP 7.3
104 open tickets
Open bugs: 47. View list on Trac
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