Hi Nathan: thanks for writing. On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 12:44:11PM -0500, Nathan Gray wrote:

I would prefer to use Test::Debugger over Test::More. I like the interface of Test.pm, though it doesn't handle all the scenarios I need. I wrote a new version of Test.pm, but Test::More beat me to CPAN.

I've use Test::More quite a bit, and have really come to like it. It also comes standard in Perl 5.8 now. I could adapt to another framework though, as long as it works :)

I am uncertain whether it would be better to have a small set of test scripts with each module, or to have one large test suite in a central location. I'm leaning toward a centralized test suite, but haven't grasped Koha enough to know where to start, or where the test suite should be kept.

Yes, I'm unclear on this as well. In my current work environment we've adopted the former approach: to have component tests that are easily paired with the components they test: C4/Format.pm C4/Format.t Then we have a 'smoking' program which goes and looks for all the *.t files and runs the tests. Having them split out like this is extremely useful when adding new functionality: because you know exactly where you have to go to add or modify a test. It also uses the filesystem to illustrate which components lack tests.

Definitely all the modules which interact with the database should have tests to make sure selects, updates, deletes, inserts are all working correctly.

Likewise, any module which performs searches should have tests to make sure that the correct information is returned, in the correct order.

A test should make sure the templating system works, especially for the various languages which are going to be supported.

Yes, these are important. I guess a test database will need to be up and running for alot of these sorts of tests.

Let me know what your ideas are. Pat Eyler will be overjoyed to have another tester on board! We'll hear from him as soon as the holidays are past, I am assuming. He is very good about writing.

I hope to have Test::Debugger on CPAN in a day or three.

OK, I look forward to seeing it. I know what you mean about getting bogged down in work. I feel the same way, but I want to find time to work on this. //Ed -- % perl -MData::Dumper -e "print Dumper($me)" $VAR1 = { 'WEB' => 'http://www.inkdroid.org', 'NAME' => 'Ed Summers', 'AIM' => 'inkdroid', 'EMAIL' => 'ehs@pobox.com' };