On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Spencer Ogden wrote: > Requiring user input for testing is probably not a good idea. All of the > sudden you now have to validate the input data as well before you can test > your own code. Then you need to test you validation code, etc. > > This article may suggest a solution: > http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2005/04/07/mockobject_kata.html > > Just fake it. >
Thanks for the suggestion, but consider also: The whole mock object thing would also need a thorough testing itself, making it even more complex. Also, supposing the site that I am connecting to changed their responses, I'd never know, since I'm only testing against a mock-up of it. I'd agree if the thing I was connecting to was under my control, but it isn't. Jess
