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Hi all, Webwork is a homework system developed to support courses in Mathematics, Statistics and Physics. To make things more seamless you are able to add External Tool links (also called an LTI) in your Moodle course to the Webwork … Continued
Exploring configuration of unit testing tools and running sanity tests to make sure that everything is working.
Configuring PHPUnit for the display of code coverage reports.
A brief look at testing approaches and where they fit in the development process.
In this post we’ll set up and configure what is needed for WordPress integration tests.
In this article we’ll start by taking care of some final set up items and conduct sanity tests to see if our plugin is properly loading into WordPress.
In this article we’ll carry on with our examination of the integrations tests of the TruUcde plugin.
This final article in the series looks at how testing can be useful when making code changes.
A look at getting the tools necessary for php unit testing installed.
Testing and WordPress development occur in a context, I thought I would briefly outline my environment, development tools and point to some useful resources.
This post looks at some background concepts and the tools required for unit and integration testing.
In this article we are going to look at the actually unit tests for the TruUcde plugin code.
I’m playing a little catch up here. This resource was created in the spring of 2017 to support a 2-part workshop at the Educational Technology User’s Group (ETUG) spring conference. I found the documentation on creating child themes was either … Continued
This is the story of coding the TruUcde WordPress plugin which enables Site Admins to add users outside of black/white list restrictions.
Every now and then a WordPress plugin comes along that I instantly know will be a useful game-changer for many TruBox and OpenETC users. I recently installed this plugin on both servers and will take a few paragraphs to show … Continued
Trubox has been updated to a version that includes the new Gutenberg editor. Read on for what it means for you and how to use the new editor.
This app profile was scribbled out by Troy Welch with inspiration, advice and consultation from Brian Lamb What is it? I don’t know if it is just me and my stubby fingers, but I find the ‘Lilliputian keyboards’ on mobile … Continued
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season … Continued
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]arly in June a small group of intrepid TRU folks made their way to the Festival of Learning. The four days passed at a furious rate. As I await my homeward flight in the quiet and relatively unknown Stanley’s Brew … Continued
“…it’s cloud illusions I recall…”[ref]http://jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=83[/ref] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he “Cloud” has become a staple of everyday computing. We can store our documents in the cloud, create content in the cloud and use a variety of cloud applications. We can move from work to … Continued
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]ot sure where that half a year went. My joining Brian Lamb in the TRUOL Innovations dept. was a fairly unusual recruiting process. I’ll forgoe the details for the pub, but he needed first to introduce a diagnostic period to determine … Continued
I know they both have the letters “word” in them, but can WordPress and Microsoft Word really work together somehow? Recently I discovered not one but two ways that MS Word can be helpful in your WordPress work. Copy and … Continued
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he following sites are places you can get artwork and images for free. Be sure to check the terms of use, Some of them require a credit line or other type of attribution. Images Canada Central search access to the … Continued
Wordpress has three standard places to put the majority of your stuff: Configuration settings, pages and posts. There are also some non-standard places to put stuff. You will want to think carefully about where you are going to put your … Continued
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here is a quote attributed variously to Benjamin Franklin or Winston Churchill. I first encountered it on a hand produced wooden plaque at my uncle’s cabin. The cabin is constructed on a side hill and depends heavily on a series … Continued
Several months back I developed a learning plan for bringing my coding skills up to speed. As I started working with a couple of programming languages it became apparent that I need to buff up my logic and design theory. … Continued
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