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Re: Re: Testing for Beginners

by lwicks (Friar)
on Apr 08, 2004 at 15:53 UTC ( [id://343641]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Testing for Beginners
in thread Testing for Beginners

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Re: Re: Re: Testing for Beginners
by Ovid (Cardinal) on Apr 08, 2004 at 19:21 UTC

    Some quick 'n dirty testing guidelines:

    • It's easier to test modules than scripts. Move the code to be tested into modules.
    • It's usually poor design to have a function or method do too many things. Coincidentally, it makes them harder to test. Break them into separate functions.
    • For scripts, I frequently have a DEBUGGING constant. If it's true, I have it runs tests embedded directly in the code (it's easier if you can run the CGI script from the command line). You can see a simple example of embedding tests (without the constant) at Why is goto &sub slow?.
    • You can also mock up troublesome interfaces (if they're tested separately!) by using Test::MockObject or something similar (I frequently localize the sub and have it return results directly).

    You might also be interested in Test::AtRuntime. It's a great module that can solve some of these problems.

    Cheers,
    Ovid

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