Test Automation using Perl

Target Audience

• People writing and maintaining Perl scripts, modules, or applications.

Prerequisites

• At least 6 month experience writing Perl code.

Objectives

• Learn the importance of automated tests
• Use the Testing frameworks that come with Perl
• To be capable to write all kinds of unit and integration tests

Course Format

• 32 academic hours (usually full 4 days or 8 half-days).
• About 40% hands-on exercise.

Syllabus

1. Details
   • Introduction to testing, why, when, who and how?
   • Writing tests manually
   • Simple tests
   • Introduction to TAP - the Test Anything Protocol
   • Testing tools in Perl for testing Perl Modules (Test::Simple, Test::More)
   • Common reporting framework (Test::Harness)
   • Extending the testing framework (Test::Builder)
   • Test file system parsing application
   • Command Line Interface applications
   • Database testing
   • Testing file-systems
   • Testing network devices with CLI interface
   • Testing Web application
   • Testing CGI-based applications
   • Testing PSGI-based applications
   • Testing Database applications
   • Regression testing
   • Testing code that has not been written yet (Mocking)
   • Testing code with 3rd party APIs
   • Writing test to fail
   • Bad input
   • Testing error messages
   • Code Coverage
   • Setting up Continuous Integration
   • Refactoring Perl code
   • TDD - Test Driven Development
   • A few words about XP - Extreme Programming
   • Building random regression testing tool

Contact

Contact: Gabor Szabo gabor@hostlocal.com
Phone: +972-54-4624648