--- title: A festive break | daily.dev description: Sebastian Bergmann, creator of PHPUnit, announces a holiday break from his weekly article series and invites readers to a free online event called 'Test... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-festive-break-vaeji6cai twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A festive break | daily.dev og:description: Sebastian Bergmann, creator of PHPUnit, announces a holiday break from his weekly article series and invites readers to a free online event called 'Test... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-festive-break-vaeji6cai og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vaejI6cai.png og:image:alt: A festive break og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A festive break **[PHPUnit Expert](https://daily.dev/sources/phpunit-expert)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Sebastian Bergmann, creator of PHPUnit, announces a holiday break from his weekly article series and invites readers to a free online event called 'Test smarter, not harder'. The event will cover all improvements made to PHPUnit over the past year, offering practical knowledge for both experienced users and beginners. He also reflects on the year's writing and commits to continuing in 2026. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#phpunit](https://daily.dev/tags/phpunit) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-festive-break-vaeji6cai) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"A festive break","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-festive-break-vaeji6cai","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-festive-break-vaeji6cai"},"datePublished":"2026-03-31T13:34:21.933Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T13:34:47.810Z","description":"Sebastian Bergmann, creator of PHPUnit, announces a holiday break from his weekly article series and invites readers to a free online event called 'Test...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/bfea6fcc7e1e82dde6c5e885260d6c1a?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/bfea6fcc7e1e82dde6c5e885260d6c1a?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"PHPUnit Expert","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"PHPUnit Expert","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--FMZoysoG--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774964057/logos/phpunit-expert?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/phpunit-expert"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-festive-break-vaeji6cai","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,testing,php,phpunit","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PHPUnit Expert","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/phpunit-expert"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"A festive break"}]} ```