Some new code for testing.

.gitignore

@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ storage/
 .project
 .settings/
 
+.env.local

config/database.php

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ return [
 
         'sqlite' => [
             'driver'   => 'sqlite',
-            'database' => storage_path('database.sqlite'),
+            'database' => storage_path('database') . '/testing.db',
             'prefix'   => '',
         ],
 

database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php

@@ -22,9 +22,15 @@ class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
         $this->call('TransactionTypeSeeder');
         $this->call('PermissionSeeder');
 
-        if (App::environment() == 'testing' || App::environment() == 'homestead' || gethostname() == 'lightning') {
+        // set up basic test data (as little as possible):
+        if (App::environment() == 'testing') {
             $this->call('TestDataSeeder');
         }
+
+        // this one is reserved for more extensive testing.
+        //if (App::environment() == 'testing' || App::environment() == 'homestead' || gethostname() == 'lightning') {
+        //$this->call('VisualTestDataSeeder');
+        //}
     }
 
 }

pu.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# set testing environment
+cp .env.testing .env
+
+# test!
+if [ -z "$1" ]
+then
+    #phpunit --verbose
+    phpunit
+fi
+
+# directories to look in:
+#dirs=("controllers" "database" "factories" "generators" "helpers" "models" "middleware" "repositories" "support")
+#
+#if [ ! -z "$1" ]
+#then
+#    for i in "${dirs[@]}"
+#    do
+#        firstFile="./tests/$i/$1.php"
+#        secondFile="./tests/$i/$1Test.php"
+#        if [ -f "$firstFile" ]
+#        then
+#            # run it!
+#                phpunit --verbose $firstFile
+#                exit $?
+#        fi
+#        if [ -f "$secondFile" ]
+#        then
+#            # run it!
+#                phpunit --verbose $secondFile
+#                exit $?
+#        fi
+#
+#
+#    done
+#
+#fi
+
+# restore .env file
+cp .env.local .env

tests/TestCase.php

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 
 /**
  * Class TestCase
@@ -19,10 +20,61 @@ class TestCase extends Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase
      */
     public function createApplication()
     {
-        $app = require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';
+        $app = require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap/app.php';
 
         $app->make(Illuminate\Contracts\Console\Kernel::class)->bootstrap();
 
         return $app;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets up the fixture, for example, opens a network connection.
+     * This method is called before a test is executed.
+     */
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        // if the database copy does not exist, call migrate.
+        $copy     = storage_path('database') . '/testing-copy.db';
+        $original = storage_path('database') . '/testing.db';
+
+        // move .env file over?
+        if (!file_exists($copy)) {
+            touch($original);
+            Artisan::call('migrate', ['--seed' => true]);
+            copy($original, $copy);
+        } else {
+            if (file_exists($copy)) {
+                copy($copy, $original);
+            }
+        }
+        // if the database copy does exists, copy back as original.
+
+        $this->session(
+            [
+                'start' => Carbon::now()->startOfMonth(),
+                'end'   => Carbon::now()->endOfMonth(),
+                'first' => Carbon::now()->startOfYear(),
+            ]
+        );
+
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tears down the fixture, for example, closes a network connection.
+     * This method is called after a test is executed.
+     */
+    public function tearDown()
+    {
+        parent::tearDown();
+
+        // delete copy original.
+        //$original = __DIR__.'/../storage/database/testing.db';
+        //unlink($original);
+
+    }
+
+
 }