The frequency of nodes directly or indirectly related to testing seems to be increasing. The number of people interesting in testing problems seems to be increasing as well. In recent weeks we've seen any number of nodes asking about:

Unit testing in general and code coverage
CPAN testing
Server testing, for instance with HTTP::Recorder
UI testing, for instance with the *::GUITest modules
System testing, for instance Perl 5.6 vs. Perl 5.8

I for one would be interested in having a section of the Monastery devoted to Testing. I wonder if anyone else would be?

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