diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<phpunit
+	backupGlobals="false"
+	backupStaticAttributes="false"
+	
+	bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
+	
+	colors="true"
+	
+	convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
+	convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
+	convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
+	
+	processIsolation="false"
+	stopOnFailure="false"
+	syntaxCheck="false"
+   >
+
+	<testsuites>
+		<testsuite name="Test Suite">
+			<directory suffix=".php">./tests/</directory>
+		</testsuite>
+	</testsuites>
+
+	<logging>
+		<log type="coverage-html" target="build/logs/html"/>
+	</logging>
+
+</phpunit>
diff --git a/tests/basics.php b/tests/basics.php
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+<?php
+
+class Basics
+	extends PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
+{
+	static $nntp;
+	
+	static $groups;
+	static $groupDescriptions;
+	
+	static $group;
+	static $groupDescription;
+	
+	static $article;
+
+    static function tearDownAfterClass()
+    {
+		self::$nntp = null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     */
+    function test_Create()
+    {
+		self::$nntp = new \Net_NNTP_Client();
+		$this->assertTrue(self::$nntp instanceof \Net_NNTP_Client);
+    }
+
+	/**
+	 *
+     */
+    function test_Connect_Timeout()
+    {
+		$this->assertFalse(@self::$nntp->isConnected());
+		self::$nntp->connect('non-existing-host.example.net', null, null, 1);
+		$this->assertFalse(@self::$nntp->isConnected());
+    }
+
+	/**
+     * @depends test_Create
+     */
+    function test_Connect()
+    {
+		$posting = self::$nntp->connect('news.php.net');
+		$this->assertTrue(@self::$nntp->isConnected());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @depends test_Connect
+     */
+    function test_GetGroups()
+    {
+		self::$groups = self::$nntp->getGroups();
+		$this->assertTrue(is_array(self::$groups));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @depends test_GetGroups
+     */
+    function test_GetGroupsWildcard()
+    {
+// TODO: Do _not_ set self::$groups
+		self::$nntp->getGroups('php.pear*');
+		$this->assertTrue(is_array(self::$groups));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @depends test_Connect
+     */
+    function test_GetGroupDescriptions()
+    {
+// TODO: Do _not_ use wildcard here. Create another test with wildcard...
+		$descriptions = self::$nntp->getDescriptions('php.pear*');
+		$this->assertTrue(is_array($descriptions));
+
+		// Test if at least one description
+		$this->assertTrue(count($descriptions) > 0);
+
+		// Test first description
+		$this->assertTrue(is_string(reset($descriptions)));
+		$this->assertTrue(is_string(key($descriptions)));
+
+		// Test last description
+		$this->assertTrue(is_string(end($descriptions)));
+		$this->assertTrue(is_string(key($descriptions)));
+
+		self::$groupDescriptions = $descriptions;
+    }
+	
+    /**
+     * @depends test_GetGroups
+     */
+    function test_SelectGroup()
+    {
+		// Use the current group in self::$groups
+		self::$group = $summary = self::$nntp->selectGroup( key(self::$groups) );
+ 		$this->assertTrue(is_array($summary));
+ 
+		$this->assertTrue(isset($summary['group']));
+ 		$this->assertTrue(isset($summary['first']));
+ 		$this->assertTrue(isset($summary['last']));
+ 		$this->assertTrue(isset($summary['count']));
+
+		$this->assertTrue(is_string($summary['group']));
+ 		$this->assertTrue(is_string($summary['first']));
+ 		$this->assertTrue(is_string($summary['last']));
+ 		$this->assertTrue(is_string($summary['count']));
+ 
+		$this->assertTrue(is_numeric($summary['first']));
+ 		$this->assertTrue(is_numeric($summary['last']));
+ 		$this->assertTrue(is_numeric($summary['count']));
+    }
+	
+    /**
+     * @depends test_SelectGroup
+     */
+    function test_GetSelectedGroupDescription()
+    {
+		$group = self::$group['group'];
+		
+		$descriptions = self::$nntp->getDescriptions($group);
+		$this->assertTrue(is_array($descriptions));
+
+		// Test if excatly one description
+		$this->assertTrue(count($descriptions) == 1);
+
+		// Test if group is as expected
+		$this->assertTrue(isset($descriptions[$group]));
+
+		// Test if description is a string
+		$this->assertTrue(is_string($descriptions[$group]));
+		
+		self::$groupDescription = $descriptions[$group];
+    }
+	
+    /**
+     * @depends test_SelectGroup
+     */
+    function test_SelectFirstArticle()
+    {
+		self::$article = self::$nntp->selectArticle(self::$nntp->first());
+		$this->assertTrue(is_int(self::$article));
+    }
+	
+    /**
+     * @depends test_SelectFirstArticle
+     */
+    function test_getFirstArticle()
+    {
+		$header = self::$nntp->getHeader();
+		$this->assertTrue(is_array($header));
+
+		$body = self::$nntp->getBody();
+		$this->assertTrue(is_array($body));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @depends test_SelectGroup
+     */
+    function test_SelectLastArticle()
+    {
+		self::$article = self::$nntp->selectArticle(self::$nntp->last());
+		$this->assertTrue(is_int(self::$article));
+    }
+	
+    /**
+     * @depends test_SelectLastArticle
+     */
+    function test_getLastArticle()
+    {
+		$header = self::$nntp->getHeader();
+		$this->assertTrue(is_array($header));
+
+		$body = self::$nntp->getBody();
+		$this->assertTrue(is_array($body));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @depends test_Connect
+     */
+    function test_Disconnect()
+    {
+		self::$nntp->disconnect();
+		$this->assertFalse(@self::$nntp->isConnected());
+    }
+
+	/**
+     * @depends test_Disconnect
+     */
+    function test_Disconnect2()
+    {
+		$this->assertFalse(@self::$nntp->isConnected());
+		self::$nntp->disconnect();
+		$this->assertFalse(@self::$nntp->isConnected());
+    }
+}