Laravel Artisan Generator Command: The make:test Command

The make:test command can be used to quickly generate test files for your application. The command accepts a name argument that will be used as the name of the newly created file and generated class. Generated tests are stored in the tests/ directory by default.

The following example demonstrates how to use the make:test command to generate a new test for Drinks:

1# Create a new test file for our drinks.
2php artisan make:test DrinksTest

A tests/DrinksTest.php file would be created and contain content similar to the following example:

 1<?php
 2 
 3use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\WithoutMiddleware;
 4use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseMigrations;
 5use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseTransactions;
 6 
 7class DrinksTest extends TestCase
 8{
 9    /**
10     * A basic test example.
11     *
12     * @return void
13     */
14    public function testExample()
15    {
16        $this->assertTrue(true);
17    }
18}

The make:test command is also capable of generated test classes within nested directories. Accomplish this by separating directory sections using the \ when supplying the test name. A nested directory will be created (test classes are not namespaced by default).

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