Way to make TDD easy, with exception handling and factory helpers

composer.json

{
  "autoload-dev": {
    "psr-4": {
      "Tests\\": "tests/"
    },
    "files": ["tests/helpers.php"]
  }
}

helpers.php

<?php

function create($class, $attributes = [], $times = null)
{
    return factory($class, $times)->create($attributes);
}

function make($class, $attributes = [], $times = null)
{
    return factory($class, $times)->make($attributes);
}

TestCase.php

<?php

namespace Tests;

use App\Exceptions\Handler;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Debug\ExceptionHandler;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase as BaseTestCase;

abstract class TestCase extends BaseTestCase
{
    use CreatesApplication;
  
    protected function setUp()
    {
        parent::setUp();
        $this->disableExceptionHandling();
    }
  
    protected function signIn($user = null)
    {
        $user = $user ?: create('App\User');
        $this->actingAs($user);
        return $this;
    }
  
    // Hat tip, @adamwathan.
    protected function disableExceptionHandling()
    {
        $this->oldExceptionHandler = $this->app->make(ExceptionHandler::class);
        $this->app->instance(ExceptionHandler::class, new class extends Handler {
            public function __construct() {}
            public function report(\Exception $e) {}
            public function render($request, \Exception $e) {
                throw $e;
            }
        });
    }
  
    protected function withExceptionHandling()
    {
        $this->app->instance(ExceptionHandler::class, $this->oldExceptionHandler);
        return $this;
    }
}