There is a real need for functional testing of web applications. If you make code changes or if an external library is upgraded, how confident are you that everything still works? 

As developers we want to limit interrupting the end user experience by introducing bugs. Business minded people desire this even more!

Using Behat, you will be shown how to write readable testing scenarios that describe how functionality should behave - such as forms and APIs - and then run them in an automated

manner.

This will allow you to make changes in your code in a confident manner.

Unlike unit tests, functional tests treat the underlying source code as a "black box". We are only interested in the behaviour that we see. While legacy applications might be hard to add unit

tests to, because the code is treated indifferently, functional tests do not require a clean code base. Functional tests capture the existing behaviour of an application and so can assist in

alerting of any breaking code when we do try to refactor an application.

I am currently looking for a few technical reviewers.

You will receive a complimentary copy of the book and your name in the credits. If you are interested email me at bdanchilla@gmail.com. Thanks.