Usage of perl scripting in Testing

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saran_techie has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks,
Can you please give me an overview of how perl scripting can be effectively used for testing a web / windows application?
Thank You,
Saravanan.S

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Re: Usage of perl scripting in Testing by marto (Cardinal) on Feb 12, 2009 at 14:17 UTC
For testing windows applications Win32::GuiTest may be worth looking at. See Automated GUI Testing or super seach for more. Testing web based applications may be a little tricker (as you may have noticed from your previous post). People use things like WWW::Mechanize, or if you need to test something which uses JavaScript/AJAX Limbic~Region wrote the tutorial Using WWW::Selenium To Test Or Automate An Ajax Website which should be of interest. Update: s/Win32::GUITest/Win32::GuiTest/ Hope this helps Martin	[reply]
Re: Usage of perl scripting in Testing by dHarry (Abbot) on Feb 12, 2009 at 14:16 UTC
Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook	[reply]
Re: Usage of perl scripting in Testing by Mutant (Priest) on Feb 12, 2009 at 14:19 UTC
There's a Perl client driver for Selenium. I've only used the Java version, but it's pretty useful, if not quite mature. That'll only help you for web apps of course.	[reply]
Re: Usage of perl scripting in Testing by Anonymous Monk on Feb 12, 2009 at 14:26 UTC
You can also use curl to emulate the browser from a Perl script. http://curl.haxx.se/ This can be tricky though and I'd only resort to it if the other suggestions aren't up to the job.	[reply]
Re: Usage of perl scripting in Testing by sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Feb 12, 2009 at 18:03 UTC
There are a slew of "Test::WWW" tools on CPAN ... "Learn to test well. There is no higher wisdom ..."
Re: Usage of perl scripting in Testing by tomfahle (Priest) on Feb 13, 2009 at 07:27 UTC
Perl Training Israel (Gabor Szabo): Automatic Testing with Perl and Test Automation Tips Hth, Thomas	[reply]

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