--- title: Run Pest Tests in VS Code with Better PHPUnit | daily.dev description: The Better PHPUnit test runner for VS Code now supports running PestPHP tests. You can learn more about the extension and install it from the Visual Studio... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/run-pest-tests-in-vs-code-with-better-phpunit-bcfygp40i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Run Pest Tests in VS Code with Better PHPUnit | daily.dev og:description: The Better PHPUnit test runner for VS Code now supports running PestPHP tests. You can learn more about the extension and install it from the Visual Studio... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/run-pest-tests-in-vs-code-with-better-phpunit-bcfygp40i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bCfygP40i.png og:image:alt: Run Pest Tests in VS Code with Better PHPUnit 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. # Run Pest Tests in VS Code with Better PHPUnit **[Laravel News](https://daily.dev/sources/ln)** · 1 min read · 13 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary The Better PHPUnit test runner for VS Code now supports running PestPHP tests. You can learn more about the extension and install it from the Visual Studio Marketplace page. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@anciao\_dev** · 0 upvotes > Caleb has Midas touch. > I used to run using Better Pest, but I'll try it out this one. --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/run-pest-tests-in-vs-code-with-better-phpunit-bcfygp40i) ```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":"Run Pest Tests in VS Code with Better PHPUnit","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/run-pest-tests-in-vs-code-with-better-phpunit-bcfygp40i","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/run-pest-tests-in-vs-code-with-better-phpunit-bcfygp40i"},"datePublished":"2023-10-11T13:12:32.926Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T04:57:14.086Z","description":"The Better PHPUnit test runner for VS Code now supports running PestPHP tests. 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