Add documentation to execute automatic tests

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 - [Coding standards](docs/coding-standards.markdown)
+- [Running tests](docs/tests.markdown)
 
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docs/tests.markdown

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+How to run units and functionals tests?
+=======================================
+
+[PHPUnit](https://phpunit.de/) is used to run automatic tests on Kanboard.
+
+You can run tests across different databases (Sqlite, Mysql and Postgresql) to be sure that the result is the same everywhere.
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+- Linux/Unix machine
+- PHP command line
+- PHPUnit installed
+- Mysql and Postgresql (optional)
+
+Install the latest version of PHPUnit
+-------------------------------------
+
+Simply download the PHPUnit PHAR et copy the file somewhere in your `$PATH`:
+
+```bash
+wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit.phar
+chmod +x phpunit.phar
+sudo mv phpunit.phar /usr/local/bin/phpunit
+phpunit --version
+PHPUnit 4.2.6 by Sebastian Bergmann.
+```
+
+Running unit tests
+------------------
+
+### Testing with Sqlite
+
+Sqlite tests use a in-memory database, nothing is written on the filesystem.
+
+The config file is `tests/units.sqlite.xml`.
+From your Kanboard directory, run the command `phpunit -c tests/units.sqlite.xml`.
+
+Example:
+
+```bash
+phpunit -c tests/units.sqlite.xml
+
+PHPUnit 4.2.6 by Sebastian Bergmann.
+
+Configuration read from /Volumes/Devel/apps/kanboard/tests/units.sqlite.xml
+
+................................................................. 65 / 74 ( 87%)
+.........
+
+Time: 9.05 seconds, Memory: 17.75Mb
+
+OK (74 tests, 6145 assertions)
+```
+
+### Testing with Mysql
+
+You must have Mysql or MariaDb installed on localhost.
+
+By default, those credentials are used:
+
+- Hostname: **localhost**
+- Username: **root**
+- Password: nothing (blank)
+- Database: **kanboard_unit_test**
+
+For each execution the database is dropped and created again.
+
+The config file is `tests/units.mysql.xml`.
+From your Kanboard directory, run the command `phpunit -c tests/units.mysql.xml`.
+
+Example:
+
+```bash
+phpunit -c tests/units.mysql.xml
+
+PHPUnit 4.2.6 by Sebastian Bergmann.
+
+Configuration read from /Volumes/Devel/apps/kanboard/tests/units.mysql.xml
+
+................................................................. 65 / 74 ( 87%)
+.........
+
+Time: 49.77 seconds, Memory: 17.50Mb
+
+OK (74 tests, 6145 assertions)
+```
+
+### Testing with Postgresql
+
+You must have Postgresql installed on localhost.
+
+By default, those credentials are used:
+
+- Hostname: **localhost**
+- Username: **postgres**
+- Password: **postgres**
+- Database: **kanboard_unit_test**
+
+Be sure to allow the user `postgres` to create and drop databases.
+For each execution the database is dropped and created again.
+
+The config file is `tests/units.postgres.xml`.
+From your Kanboard directory, run the command `phpunit -c tests/units.postgres.xml`.
+
+Example:
+
+```bash
+phpunit -c tests/units.postgres.xml
+
+PHPUnit 4.2.6 by Sebastian Bergmann.
+
+Configuration read from /Volumes/Devel/apps/kanboard/tests/units.postgres.xml
+
+................................................................. 65 / 74 ( 87%)
+.........
+
+Time: 52.66 seconds, Memory: 17.50Mb
+
+OK (74 tests, 6145 assertions)
+```
+
+Running functionals tests
+-------------------------
+
+Actually only the API calls are tested.
+
+Real HTTP calls are made with those tests.
+So a local instance of Kanboard is necessary and must listen on `http://localhost:8000`.
+
+Don't forget that all data will be removed/altered by the testsuite.
+Moreover the script will reset and set a new API key.
+
+1. Start a local instance of Kanboard `php -S 127.0.0.1:8000`
+2. Run the testsuite from another terminal
+
+The same method as above is used to run tests across different databases:
+
+- Sqlite: `phpunit -c tests/functionals.sqlite.xml`
+- Mysql: `phpunit -c tests/functionals.mysql.xml`
+- Postgresql: `phpunit -c tests/functionals.postgres.xml`
+
+Example:
+
+```bash
+phpunit -c tests/functionals.sqlite.xml
+
+PHPUnit 4.2.6 by Sebastian Bergmann.
+
+Configuration read from /Volumes/Devel/apps/kanboard/tests/functionals.sqlite.xml
+
+..........................................
+
+Time: 1.72 seconds, Memory: 4.25Mb
+
+OK (42 tests, 160 assertions)
+```
+
+Continuous Integration with Travis
+----------------------------------
+
+After each commit pushed on the main repository, unit tests are executed across 4 different major versions of PHP.
+
+The Travis config file `.travis.yml` is located on the root directory of Kanboard:
+
+```yaml
+language: php
+
+php:
+  - "5.6"
+  - "5.5"
+  - "5.4"
+  - "5.3"
+
+before_script: wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit.phar
+script: php phpunit.phar -c tests/units.sqlite.xml
+```
+
+As you can see, tests are executed with PHP 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6.
+However, only Sqlite unit tests are executed on Travis.