--- title: Mastering Laravel Testing: A Video Course on Laravel Tests description: Joel Clermont launched Mastering Laravel Testing, a video course teaching testing through a realistic sample app instead of a todo app. The course has 52... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-laravel-testing-a-video-course-on-laravel-tests-ugqpxgq8r twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Mastering Laravel Testing: A Video Course on Laravel Tests | daily.dev og:description: Joel Clermont launched Mastering Laravel Testing, a video course teaching testing through a realistic sample app instead of a todo app. The course has 52... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-laravel-testing-a-video-course-on-laravel-tests-ugqpxgq8r og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ugqpxgq8R.png og:image:alt: Mastering Laravel Testing: A Video Course on Laravel Tests 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. # Mastering Laravel Testing: A Video Course on Laravel Tests **[Laravel News](https://daily.dev/sources/ln)** · [@ericlbarnes](https://daily.dev/ericlbarnes) · 2 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Joel Clermont launched Mastering Laravel Testing, a video course teaching testing through a realistic sample app instead of a todo app. The course has 52 lessons across seven parts, with 39 available now and 13 more coming mid-November. Lessons cover feature tests, authentication, policies, mocking, validation, and more, using PHPUnit with notes on translating to Pest. Presale pricing runs through November 20: $149 for the course alone or $299 with lifetime access to a Slack community, both with a 30-day refund guarantee. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is there a Laravel testing course that uses a realistic app instead of a toy example? Yes, Mastering Laravel Testing by Joel Clermont works through a realistic sample app that starts with almost no tests, rather than a todo app. It has 52 lessons across seven parts covering feature tests, authentication, policies, mocking, validation, and more, using PHPUnit with guidance for Pest users too. _Developers building out their Laravel test suites can track new testing tools and guides on daily.dev._ ### Does Laravel testing content that uses PHPUnit also apply if I use Pest? Yes, according to the Mastering Laravel Testing course description, examples built with PHPUnit translate to Pest as well, so developers using either testing framework can follow the same lessons on feature tests, mocking, policies, and validation rules. _Teams deciding between PHPUnit and Pest can follow Laravel testing practices on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Publishing Posts](https://daily.dev/posts/publishing-posts-6jue9b1zj) · Larablog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Laravel Framework: A Complete Guide for Developers](https://daily.dev/posts/laravel-framework-a-complete-guide-for-developers-rv7onrnkx) · Medium · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [Testing Authorization in Laravel: Policies, Gates, and Middleware](https://daily.dev/posts/testing-authorization-in-laravel-policies-gates-and-middleware-mgafcugrk) · CodeCraft Diary · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#laravel](https://daily.dev/tags/laravel), [#phpunit](https://daily.dev/tags/phpunit) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-laravel-testing-a-video-course-on-laravel-tests-ugqpxgq8r) ```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":"Mastering Laravel Testing: A Video Course on Laravel Tests","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-laravel-testing-a-video-course-on-laravel-tests-ugqpxgq8r","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/mastering-laravel-testing-a-video-course-on-laravel-tests-ugqpxgq8r"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T15:30:52.954Z","dateModified":"2026-10-27T12:00:15.604Z","description":"Joel Clermont launched Mastering Laravel Testing, a video course teaching testing through a realistic sample app instead of a todo app. The course has 52...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/37e93f6c2dfb5482a5632f4cc72c7398?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/37e93f6c2dfb5482a5632f4cc72c7398?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Laravel News","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":"Person","name":"Eric L. 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