Are there any good automated test suites for Perl?

Question

Can someone suggest some good automated test suite framework for Perl?

Answer 1

I'd go for Test::More, or in general, anything that outputs TAP

Answer 2

Have you seen smolder?

"Smoke Test Aggregator used by developers and testers to upload (automated or manually) and view smoke/regression tests using the Test Anything Protocol. Details and trends are graphed and notifications provided via email or Atom feeds."

Answer 3

we have to run all the test files manually for testing

You certainly want to be using prove (runs your test) and/or Module::Build (builds your code and then runs your tests using the same test harness code which prove uses internally.)

Answer 4

Are you aware of the 'prove' utility (from App::Prove)? You can tell it to run all the tests recursively in a given directory, with or without verbosity, etc.

Answer 5

If you're using ExtUtils::MakeMaker or Module::Build, then you can run all your tests automatically by entering the command "make test" or "Build test", which will execute any *.t files in your project's t/ subfolder.

If you're not using either of these, then you can use TAP::Harness to automate execution of multiple test scripts.

To actually write the tests, use Test::More or any of the modules that others have suggested here.

Answer 6

Check out CPAN Testers, which have a lot of tools for automated testing. Most of that should be on CPAN so you'll be able to modify it to meet your needs. It's also very easy to write your own tester using TAP::Harness.

What exactly do you need to do and how are you trying to fit it into your process?