finished the upgrade to filament 4. completely revamped the frontend with codex, now it looks great!

tests/TestCase.php

@@ -3,8 +3,58 @@
 namespace Tests;
 
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase as BaseTestCase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
 
 abstract class TestCase extends BaseTestCase
 {
     use CreatesApplication;
+
+    protected string $testingDatabasePath;
+
+    protected static bool $databaseMigrated = false;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        if (app()->environment('production')) {
+            $this->fail('Refusing to run tests against the production environment.');
+        }
+
+        $this->testingDatabasePath = storage_path('framework/testing/test-database.sqlite');
+
+        File::ensureDirectoryExists(dirname($this->testingDatabasePath));
+
+        if (! file_exists($this->testingDatabasePath)) {
+            touch($this->testingDatabasePath);
+        }
+
+        config([
+            'database.default' => 'sqlite',
+            'database.connections.sqlite.database' => $this->testingDatabasePath,
+        ]);
+
+        if (! static::$databaseMigrated) {
+            Artisan::call('migrate', [
+                '--database' => 'sqlite',
+                '--force' => true,
+            ]);
+
+            static::$databaseMigrated = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static function tearDownAfterClass(): void
+    {
+        parent::tearDownAfterClass();
+
+        $testingDatabasePath = storage_path('framework/testing/test-database.sqlite');
+
+        if (file_exists($testingDatabasePath)) {
+            unlink($testingDatabasePath);
+        }
+
+        static::$databaseMigrated = false;
+    }
 }