I want to remove t() from all the documented example code in BrowserTestBase.

This best describes why.

https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/phpunit/phpunit-browser-test-tutorial

When to use t() in browser tests

Never! Nope, not in assertion messages, not for button labels, not for text you assert on the page. You always want to test the literal string on the page, you don't want to test the Drupal translation system.

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It is too big a job to remove t('example') from our code ... it will go away slowly in years to come.

But we should stop documenting it in our examples now.

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My fellow Bostonians, I humbly suggest the first step is for us to throw the tea in the harbour.

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Maybe we should explitely mention to not use the t() function, what do you think?

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Maybe we should explicitly mention to not use the t() function, what do you think?

I agree, added at the top of the class.

PS made issue summary more readable.

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Thank you @martin107!

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Title: BrowserTestBase: Steer new code development away from translation » BrowserTestBase: Steer new test development away from translation
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  1. +++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/BrowserTestBase.php
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
+ * Tests extending this base class should not use the t() translate function
+ * unless directly testing translation functionality.

    I think we should say something like Tests extending this base class should only translate text when testing translation functionality. For example, avoid wrapping test text with t() or TranslatableMarkup().

    Since t() is deprecated and on the way out. 

  2. +++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/BrowserTestBase.php
@@ -761,9 +764,9 @@ protected function drupalLogout() {
+   *   'Save'. The processing of the request depends on this value. For
+   *   example, a form may have one button with the value 'Save' and another
+   *   button with the value 'Delete', and execute different code depending
    *   on which one is clicked.

@@ -871,9 +874,9 @@ protected function submitForm(array $edit, $submit, $form_html_id = NULL) {
+   *   'Save'. The processing of the request depends on this value. For
+   *   example, a form may have one button with the value 'Save' and another
+   *   button with the value 'Delete', and execute different code depending
    *   on which one is clicked.

    These comments can re-flowed

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8.1) Sure, adopting a more informative tone, is better.

8.2) Reflowed.

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I knew making quark jokes would get me into trouble.

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This patch still applies, it's a great idea to improve this documentation. It changed the changes requested in #8.

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Committed/pushed to 8.5.x and cherry-picked to 8.4.x. Thanks!

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Anyone want to improve Examples on this? #2924223: Remove t() from tests

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.