| Original author(s) | Michael G Schwern |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Chad 'Exodist' Granum |
| Initial release | April, 2001 |
| Written in | Perl |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Unit testing module |
| License | Dual-licensed - Artistic License and GPL |
| Website | https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::More |
Test::More is a unit testing module for Perl. Created and maintained by Michael G Schwern with help from Barrie Slaymaker, Tony Bowden, chromatic, Fergal Daly and perl-qa.
Test::More is the most popular Perl testing module, as of this 2010 about 80% of all CPAN distributions made use of it.[1]
History
Introduced in 2001 to replace Test.pm, Test::More simplified the culture of testing in Perl leading to a proliferation of new testing modules and a strongly test driven community.
In January–March 2014 Michael Schwern transferred ownership of Test::More and related modules to Chad 'Exodist' Granum.[2] On May 10, 2016 Exodist released version 1.302015[3][4] which included a complete refactor and partial rewrite of the internals. The new version includes major API updates and introduced several enhanced features. Extreme care was taken to preserve backwards compatibility for third party tools.
Functionality
Test::More is not a framework but can be used in conjunction with other testing libraries via a shared Test::Builder object. As a result, Test::More provides the baseline testing functions leaving other libraries to implement more specific and sophisticated functionality. This removes what would otherwise be a development bottleneck and allows a rich ecosystem of specialized niche testing functions.
Test::More is not a complete testing framework. Rather, test programs written with Test::More output their results as TAP which can then either be interpreted by a human, or more usually run through a TAP parser such as Test::Harness.[5]: 424 It is this separation between test program and test result interpreter via a common protocol which allows Perl programmers to develop so many different testing modules and use them in combination. Additionally, the TAP output can be stored and reinterpreted later providing a historical record of test results.
Among its features are more comprehensive error messages, functions to test regular expressions, functions to test objects, and functions to test complex data structures.[6]: 115 It can be used to compare values, such as a computed value to an expected value, or that a value is within an expected range.[7]: 217 The number of tests to be executed is listed in the test script.[8]: 202
Tests that are known to fail under specific conditions or environments can be skipped.[6]: 115 This may occur if a system on which the test is executed lacks the capability to execute the tested function, or if the test is written in advance of the code.[7]: 218
The module intercepts standard output from the Perl script to execute the tests.[9]: 31
References
- ↑ Poe, Curtis. "Test::Most". CPAN.
- ↑ Granum, Chad (14 March 2014). "Test::More - New Maintainer, Also stop version checking!".
- ↑ "Test::More". CPAN.
- ↑ Granum, Chad (9 May 2016). "Test2+Test-Simple released!".
- ↑ Conway, Damian (2005). Perl Best Practices. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 9780596001735.
- 1 2 Tregar, Sam (2002). Writing Perl Modules for CPAN. Apress. ISBN 9781430211525.
- 1 2 Cozens, Simon (2005). Advanced Perl Programming. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 9781449378912.
- ↑ Galbraith, Patrick (2009). Developing Web Applications with Apache, MySQL, Memcached, and Perl. Wiley. ISBN 9780470538326.
- ↑ Diment, Kieren; Trout, Matt (2009). The Definitive Guide to Catalyst. Apress. ISBN 9781430223665.
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