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Is there any sexier topic in software development than software testing? That is, besides game programming, 3D graphics, audio, high-performance clustering, cool websites, et cetera? Okay, so software testing is low on the list. And that`s unfortunate, because good software testing can increase your productivity, improve your designs, raise your quality, ease your maintenance burdens, and help to satisfy your customers, coworkers, and managers.

Perl has a strong history of automated tests. A very early release of Perl 1.0 included a comprehensive test suite, and it`s only improved from there. Learning how Perl`s test tools work and how to put them together to solve all sorts of previously intractable problems can make you a better programmer in general. Besides, it`s easy to use the Perl tools described to handle all sorts of testing problems that you may encounter, even in other languages.

Like all titles in O`Reilly`s Developer`s Notebook series, this "all lab, no lecture" book skips the boring prose and focuses instead on a series of exercises that speak to you instead of at you.

Perl Testing: A Developer`s Notebook will help you dive right in and:

• Write basic Perl tests with ease and interpret the results
• Apply special techniques and modules to improve your tests
• Bundle test suites along with projects
• Test databases and their data
• Test websites and web projects
• Use the "Test Anything Protocol" which tests projects written in languages other than Perl

With today`s increased workloads and short development cycles, unit tests are more vital to building robust, high-quality software than ever before. Once mastered, these lessons will help you ensure low-level code correctness, reduce software development cycle time, and ease maintenance burdens.

You don`t have to be a die-hard free and open source software developer who lives, breathes, and dreams Perl to use this book. You just have to want to do your job a little bit better.