Writing and reviewing integration and functional tests with Symfony can be clunky. Using the traditional recommendations, they can be verbose, hard to follow, and require outside state. I think tests should be concise, read like a story, and not require some kind of known initial state (i.e. pre-loaded database fixtures). I'd like to put a spotlight on several 3rd party bundles (some maintained by me) and show how they can be used to improve your testing experience. I'll demonstrate how easy and fun creating a new feature for your app can be using these bundles and TDD.

Finally, I'll share my ideas for a "Symfony Testing Initiative" that I'm spearheading to bring these excellent testing tools into Symfony core (as both code and official docs/best practices).