How to test Laravel 5 jobs?

Well, to test the logic inside handle method you just need to instantiate the job class & invoke the handle method.

public function testJobsEvents(){       $job = new \App\Jobs\YourJob;       $job->handle();       // Assert the side effect of your job...}

Remember, a job is just a class after all.

Laravel version ^5 || ^7

Synchronous Dispatching

If you would like to dispatch a job immediately (synchronously), you may use the dispatchNow method. When using this method, the job will not be queued and will be run immediately within the current process:

Job::dispatchNow()

Laravel 8 update

<?phpnamespace Tests\Feature;use App\Jobs\ShipOrder;use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\WithoutMiddleware;use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Bus;use Tests\TestCase;class ExampleTest extends TestCase{    public function test_orders_can_be_shipped()    {        Bus::fake();        // Perform order shipping...        // Assert that a job was dispatched...        Bus::assertDispatched(ShipOrder::class);        // Assert a job was not dispatched...        Bus::assertNotDispatched(AnotherJob::class);    }}